I have been saving my whole life to buy my dream home!

Basically, I am a young entrepreneur who just got through allot of life changes, and I am trying to settle down and get into my first home.

I’m aware that being an agent AND an investor might sometimes become a negative thing, but my hopes were that I could make money to buy my own properties and learn more about the industry all at the same time.Although I love every aspect of RE investment (flippers, foreclosures, etc), my long term goal is to own rental properties, (as many as humanly possible :D ), and considering prices in the Boston neighborhoods that I’m interested in, I’m guessing that I’ll need at least $50,000 before I can buy my first property.

I am no longer sitting on the fence, sitting and thinking and pontificating about how wonderful life would be investing in real estate.

I can't wait to just run my own life someday and not have to deal with all this B.S. other companies put you through.

There are very few disallowed investments -- collectibles, coins, life insurance.

Note that some income might be best run through a different entity so that you can provide company benefits to employees (medical, dental, vision, auto, life insurance, pension).John Corey

I am 36, married with 2 kids, and have realized that I need more out of life than a boring 9-5 job that gives me no joy.

These are things that you will encounter as you bring the home back to life by turning on the utilities and should pad your expenses for them.

But when it all comes down to it only you can decide where to go next for only you know what you want in life and what to do next!