If you have worked hard to accumulate your wealth, the last thing you want is to fritter it away based on what someone says in an online forum.Find a good corporate attorney, have a consultation with him and you should be able to figure out how you wish to proceed.

Maybe, I just need to wait till I've accumulated a little more, cash, connections, and experience before going after those with big non-refundable deposits.

Therefore, I love the idea of accumulating SFHs in a personal portfolio.

My priority is to start accumulating rental property, so losing the cashflow on the first property to get started is not a big deal if it means that I can use the cash-out refi to buy my next property.

Mine is to accumulate properties betting (and, I do mean betting) on long term value increases.

I have accumulated a wealth of knowlegede from real estate gurus and personal experience.

If you are seeking out asset accumulation and equity appreciation over the long term then there are certainly fortunes to be made. 

If you can accumulate $900K over the next five years, you could easily produce over $100K in (taxable) income from being a hard money lender.

I ask this because i started a thread asking how to accumulate houses to rent out.

With a mountain of student loan debt to pay off coupled with my desire to achieve financial freedom, I have now decided it's time to start building my own portfolio as an entrepreneur and investor.I am starting off with wholesaling to generate cash flow and I eventually plan to accumulate rental properties.