Ideally you wouldn't have to rollover your profits every time and just use your start up capital, but if you don't have that capital you are basically rolling over your profits to put together that capital and then maximize your profits by financing your own deals.

At a rate of 20% down on each ($50k or less MF properties), reinvesting every cash flow dollar earned, 4 years of hard saving to accelerate the start-up phase, I could achieve 245 MF properties.

I have learned that buying properties that already have tenants renting is a good way to invest. I've looked at possible expenses related to this, but wonder if there is a 'simple formula' to quickly vet the potential...

Invested in the past and looking to start up again doing some flips & rentals.

Anyway, I Invested in the past and looking to start up again doing some flips & rentals.

I didn't think about investing in real estate until I was talking to my friend after his trip to E3 and his desire to start up an indie game company.

I was a business major with a background in finance but ended up becoming a software engineer working for startups in San Francisco.The startup I work for has grown from 4 to almost 100 people which has made the hours more manageable and given me time to explore other entrepreneurial pursuits.I've saved up a small sum of cash to invest this year and I hope to learn a lot in my time here :)

We are talking about the JOBS Act which is the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups" Act and really has nothing to do with employment.

How hard is it to get a start up business loan, I'm thinking something small like 25K.

You'll also need to earn enough to pay for that office and start up costs for a brokerage.