Wishing the best for you and your mother during this difficult time.

My mother has some real estate she is motivated to sell and I've been tasked with selling it for her since she has realized my new undertaking here.

I’ve been subsidizing the living expenses of my disabled mother for the past year - it’s a strain financially.

My mother has offered me to sign on to her HELOC at a 4% rate to fund the repairs.

The reason I am striving for more income is so that I can save my mothers house from going into auction.

I have a friend whose mother recently passed away.

She is now a single mother of 4 with no work history, terrible credit and an $1800 mortgage.

The goals that I hope to achieve through real estate investing are: 1) to provide a cash flow stream for my mother as she gets older and requires assisted living or nursing home facilities, 2) provide a cash flow stream for my younger brother (who has Down's Syndrome) as he gets older and requires assisted living facilities and increased medical attention, and 3) provide a means of early retirement for me and my older brother.While listening to BP podcast #276 (my favorite) the other morning, I had that lightbulb moment of how to get started in real estate investing. 

@Thomas Hausfeld welcome - have a few buddies that graduated from Bishop Caroll as well as my mother - but WAY before your time...ha - Take some RE classes as electives at WSU - they have some pretty good teachers - the head of the RE dept is a great guy - can learn lots from him and get a few doors opened if RE is what you're interested in. 

My mother-in-law has inherited a house in Switzerland.