Engage people/potential mentors as much as possible because I have gained vast amounts of knowledge from these forums through people that were willing to give their time freely and provide consistently sound advice!

How things like social unrest can bring irreparable damage to my business if I invest poorly.

Hi All,Just wanted to introduce myself -- Abdul is my name, I live in Brooklyn (Prospect Lefferts Gardens area) and work in Manhattan, where I am an investment officer and attorney at a bank for a team focused on supporting socially-motivated enterprises.

Engage people/potential mentors as much as possible because I have gained vast amounts of knowledge from these forums through people that were willing to give their time freely and provide consistently sound advice!

Set your keywords up, because we are getting ready to put together some more social meetups in the area.

OK so I am wondering how viable the more experienced guys think this is:I target older people on social security that most likely have their house paid for.I leave a letter from me introducing myself to them and making them aware that I would like to buy their house in a win win seller financing agreementI would tell them that by financing their house themselves, I would pay them a better return than any bond, money market, or savings account.

Being a social person, my husband has gotten to know at least one of them.

@Darren Sager  Dave Del Dotto was the first to film his shows from Hawaii with Bikini clad women on the beach you too could have it all  LOL.Del Dotto went on to make millions of course and he know owns some kick butt wineries in the Napa Valley.. one of them I used live right across the street.. and would take friends there for wine tasting on the last tour of the day and he would usually sit and regale us with tale of his infomercial days... engaging guy for sure... 

Engage people/potential mentors as much as possible because I have gained vast amounts of knowledge from these forums through people that were willing to give their time freely and provide consistently sound advice!

Going to RE networking events and talk to people.Call - "we buy houses" bandit signs, FRBO's, FSBO's, Section 8 listings, etc.Go to foreclosure auctions and talk to people.Join investor groups on social media websites.