Hello All,I am new to the site and am actually looking to splash into the Real Estate Investing sector.  

Right now, I am in the Financial Sector, kind of.

I currently reside in Boston doing sales in the e-commerce sector and have decided to take the plunge into real estate investing ever since I had the pleasure of reading "Rich Dad Poor Dad".

I would diversify my money and split that "earnings" across several sectors.  

Originally posted by @Joel Owens:Hi Scott,If you are talking about SFR housing only that is pretty long in the tooth for the housing cycles in most parts of the country.Joel,Yes, I am trying to focus more on SFR, but welcome any discussion about other sectors.  

I was laid off from my energy sector job a few weeks ago and have decided to devote full time to this venture that has been on my heart and mind for as long as I can remember. 

Employment and housing sectors have improved in the past year as U.S. unemployment dipped below 5% for the first time in many years.

We also video taped the presentation and edited it into sections so that prospective investors could watch it at their leisure like Brian Burke spoke about.  

There will be more upcoming layoffs in the energy sector.

In many parts of the US, manufacturing and similar jobs are going away and what remains are service sector jobs.