The intense intellectual dishonesty of all this is that we forget to teach kids that there are 5 professions if that that are worth going into debt for…We are enslaving kids to the banks and the feds – disgusting!

One thing you look for when retired is something that will keep you cerebral, intellectually stimulated and of course a place to socialize and talk about common interest, this is what Bigger Pockets has become for me.

If you go into it thinking you want to show them what you know, you will butt heads and create a tremendous drag on yourself emotionally and intellectually. 

We are looking for our first property to be something we can live in for a few years while we save as much money as possible to buy a new investment, rent the first one, and repeat the process long term.We are a few years out but we are both intellectuals and love planning, researching, and learning.

It's funny - as a realtor, I know intellectually that I will get a better price at the end by pricing low and getting maximum exposure, but when I sell my own homes, I have all this anxiety that it will sell for that lower price. 

I would love to get any referrals I can at this point, my real estate involvement at this point is mainly intellectual and I will definitely need to start growing my contacts list.

And I appreciate being shown to be off or wrong in the spirit of informed debate and intellectual honesty.

I'm a CPA, so first I pursued (intellectually) the self directed IRA, but the more I think and read, I feel like just investing outright is a better way since I am not necessarily looking to work till I'm 62.  

He ignored it along with my request for him to take down website he created for 'our company' using my intellectual property and I never heard from him again.

I meant it only intellectually rubs me the wrong way.At times, hanging out on BP (and with REI folks in general) has a bit of a cult-like feeling pushing a magic formula.