First, tell you boss at your company and make sure it's okay -- it doesn't do any good to make an investor mentor if you also lose your 9-to-5.As for approaching the individual: 1) explain why you're interested; 2) say that you did get the ok from your company, and that you're doing it in a totally private not-related-to-your-company way; and 3) offer to help out with his properties like you said.A key thing to be clear about -- if you offer to do any of your professional day-job work for him on the side as a favor for him helping you out, you need to be sure that your company doesn't mind you doing it.

Attorney is the best practice professional to help establish buy-sell agreements and other exit strategies, including provisions in your partnership agreements.

I just want to understand realistic comparison of reg sale vs reasonable and maybe more attractive seller financing structuring taking into account future short/intermediate term interest rate trends and Time value of money (that I am a fan of learning more).As a side note, being a health care professional I am amazed and always puzzled by financing and real estate.

I went by and noticed several cracks in the foundation.

Looking for a tax professional that specializes in Real Estate that can help guide us through the structuring process and beyond.

The topics, the professionalism and the knowledge you gain from REIA is absolutely priceless.We meet 3 times monthly including a round table 1 on 1 for dinner at Bigboy and Breakfast at Uncle John. 

Hi Everyone!I am a new investor looking to get into the real estate game. I am looking for single family homes in northern Indianapolis for under 250,000. I want to get experience managing properties and get as much e...

On that priority, I'd walk.Personally I feel that these type of investments can produce monthly as well as long term, time will tell if I am right.Please don't take my thoughts anything other than professional critique were I looking at this property.

They actually sound like professional tenets. 

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