I almost gave up a few times because I couldn't find any good advice and I ran into a lot of negativity.4.

The rehab process is currently ongoing.

Forming an investing group and holding regular meetings, in my view, does not last - usually, everything is so theoretical,and a group meeting cannot compete in priority with the members' on-going investment activities.So what if  we do this a-- backwards?

I’m planning on going up to Cleveland next week to do my walk through.  

Others were immigrants from Iran who were fleeing deadly anti-Semitism back home after the 1979 revolution, and got into the garment business and then real estate.

Now, I completely understand that this is not Iraq/Afghanistan or any other hostile territory. 

The old saying is if you fail to plan, you plan to fail, so it is certainly important - and it is an ongoing and repetitive process. 

I want to share with everyone the most complex deal I have ever completed so far.Over a year ago I ran into a pretty good opportunity where there was a substantial tax issue on a specific house I was looking at.After doing some more investigating, I realize that there was a really good opportunity to solve a problem because there were a lot of things that didn't make sense on paper so I decided to do some further research.After rolling up my sleeves I found out that that property had been vacant for several years and there were major title problems aka “hair" on the deal that made it very tough for other investors to solve.Btw…I LOVE deals with hair on them.To make a long story short, after one full year of putting this deal together, we successfully completed the transaction and purchased the property.

Sort of an ongoing project for me but it was how got my first taste of real estate and worked out well for me.

Attend networking events to meet people, read up on the subject (books are inexpensive, especially when compared to training seminars), develop and refine your business plan (an ongoing process that never ends), and so forth.