Bring the hustle to college you say you can bring to real estate and you will be more than fine.And those who have the gold make the rules...most people who lend money have (at least) a college degree and are comfortable with the same.

That thing has ended up being worth its weight in gold.

BUT, the good ones are worth their weight in gold, and often are able to make much more investing for themselves and/or putting together syndication deals.Sorry, to any of the good brokers in this thread...just wanted to vent.

I’m yet to expand my network in Tampa, if you have any referrals you’re willing to share - without giving away your gold mine - I would love to hear!

You see, I could have plated the car in 32 karat gold leaf and unless I was able to find a buyer who was specifically interested in paying a premium to own a gold leaf covered Mustang, blue book value is what it is, and no one was going to pay me upwards of $40,000 for a 2001 model year car they could just as easily buy with similar upgrades elsewhere for less than half that amount.Unfortunately, I had already bought the car and I had already flushed all that money down the drain – my only gain on investment being brief jolts of adrenaline and incrementally smaller quarter mile times.

gold, and cash.  

If a private company could boast such a track record they would be considered a gold standard but I digress.As far as the side stool argument goes of good ole tax payer dollars 'paying' for the two to make their mortgages with the guarantees.  

Example: oil tanks scare the heck out of me because of open-ended liability concerns - although other investors are perfectly comfortable with the risks under the right circumstances.Definitely check it out - usually there is a reason for a property sitting like this but sometimes you can turn the rocks into gold.  

@Ben Stout   If you have substantial equity you refi out ... and pass the asset down to your estate at stepped up basis.. but for me I would rather pay tax then be saddled with a bunch of 30k homes that have little to no exit strategy you don't have to worry about sheltering profit because there won't be any  :)And your right many got fubared going into TIC's I for one am not a fan of pooled investments unless its a very closely held type transaction.. or the Promoter is GOLD and the assets are identifiable..

Lot of gold nuggets.