He sees all of his kid's ball games, activities, has lunch with his wife 3 times a week, etc etc.

The name of the game is networking.

"Take my course and it is the end game."

I know you have much more experience than me, John, so tell me if you feel differently -- but I use financial analysis software that calculates all those factors; i.e., transaction costs, taxes, and including what your cash flow is if you decide to hold; projects it over 20 years and gives you the IRR and MIRR for every year if you were to sell that year.

Hire someone to teach you this game and youll be on your way...

More than a year ago, someone tried to pull a "local" version of this con game on me.

Hello, I am a young and new real estate wholesaling investor (so new that I havent done any deals yet), and what Im looking for is someone in the chicago area (I live in Elgin), who has done at least a couple of wholesale deals, and can meet with me personally and help me learn the ropes, and get a couple of deals under my belt before I go completley solo.I'm not sure if this is where you would post something like this, but it seemed to be the best that I could think of.I have been looking into real estate and researching it for about 5 or 6 months now, and I feel confident enough to where I would like to get in the game, but like I said...not solo right away.

Hi, everyone I am a newbie at the real estate game and wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions on finding decent propertys in the coastal carolina areas, such as New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, and Pender counties?

Now this was the first time that I, at 19 years old, had ever given thought to getting in the real estate game, but I was told it was a free dinner and presentation and there would be other investors there he wanted me to meet.So I figured, "what the hell?".

You could spend hours here reading all the information and posts.I've been investing for the last few years and I'm looking to step up my game a bit more.Anyone else in the LA area having a hard time finding viable options for rehabs?