House hacking--buying a property and living in one side while renting out the other--was a great introduction to investing for me as well.

Welcome to BP Nation and thanks for the post, it was a great introduction and conversation starter.I too have a very similar business to Jason and have also considered owner carried notes, the problem (as he stated) is selling that note to cash out requires selling at a discount and that discount would typically erase the spread I generated at acquisition and rehab.Hopefully, you can shed some light on how you did this correctly and profitably.I have heard that same definition of financial freedom, however, to be truely "passive" you must be able to have that monthly check come in no matter if you are sleeping, crusing the oceans, vacationing or whatever.

That's a great introduction.

John,Great introduction.

Great introduction. 

(I posted it to BP as a favor for the guy who runs the group since he's not on BP himself.)And generally, the monthly meetings are also good sources of information too as there are different local speakers on a variety of topics, for example the one last week had an attorney speaking on the topic of residential lease clauses.I also often recommend the introductory classes for new real estate agents, even to new investors who have no real intention of becoming an agent, because I think there is still a lot of value for the money as far as being a great introduction to residential real estate, understanding the agent/broker side of things, etc.

This property was a great introduction to investing in real estate.

Rich Dad Poor Dad got me interested in real estate investment, and I took Josh Fuhrer's online classes which provided a great introduction to the fundamentals of real estate investing.

Great introduction Mike!

Brian great introduction to seller financing.