I'm a single mom with 2 teenagers doing it on my own.

I have worked as a full-time, hourly paid employee for all of my adult life (I am 35 years old) and most of my teenage years.

We are Atlanta's little teenage brother growing up (fast) We are all lucky to be in a booming city basically still many years of growth left I have to disagree on this being a good buy and hold market on most markets.

I was lucky enough that when I was a teenager, my Calculus teacher asked me to work for him and his wife. 

Thank you in advance,BlakeA lot of things in life aren't really black & white- you have to balance competing principles.Principle 1 is "an itchy trigger finger" tends to make you jump at bad deals.Principle 2 is you've gotta get in there and do something sometime.Being a new real estate investor is a lot like being a horny teenager - all the buildup, hopes, expectations....and the first experience often turns out to fall way short of your expectations.

I screamed in excitement as I have always wanted to be in real estate since a teenager.

Mindy, I don't spend much time in Turlock or  at the mall, the mall is my teenage daughters second home.

@Bill Regan I have three kids...two of them teenagers.

I am 26 years old.I just downloaded this app after stumbling upon the BiggerPockets video channel which I found in the real estate Reddit sub.I began to watch shows on DIY and HGTV as a young teenager and was always amazed at how the hosts were able to change a broken down home into something amazing and make profit.

Then I will probably try to pay off my primary residence (I don't house hack, I have teenage kids) and use the money that was paying that mortgage to go into yet another 1-2 properties.