My initial plan was to save a pot of money and really dive in to RE at my next location.

The property is in unincorporated Cook County.

Hi all,I just heard an interview with the Steve Cook, the author of "Lifeonaire", a very successful real estate investor that realized that we can become a prisoner to our success.

James Cook Construction.

We have had the good fortune of "been there, done that," being involved in many phases of residential and commercial real estate...Everything from Real Estate Investment Seminars with Carlton Sheets,Wade Cook and others, to real estate investing, residential/commercial financing, development, rehab etc.

I have a ton to learn.I enjoy competitive BBQ cooking and coaching baseball as hobbies.I am interested in wholesaling, rehabbing and investing in rental properties, mainly single-family homes and smaller multi-family buildings (2-4 units).My short-term goal is to wholesale a few deals to get my feet wet and hopefully purchase my first rental property or rehab flip by the end of this year.

You could go to the property and find that some crack head was cooking in a vacant unit, after a near miss with death and the police leaving, you could get a letter in a couple days from the city condeming the property due to contamination by the crack head.

I'm new to this, but I'm seeing the pot of gold in real estate.I only have one rental, my former residence (I'm active military) which currently isn't cash flowing (losing $15/month).

I have very little money at the moment, but trying to build a pot of money up to get me started.

If you were to look at the total pot, about 40% of the value is personal contributions and 60% is market growth and company contributions.