I am willing to put in the hours, energy, and effort into building a business out of Real Estate and thought it would be smart to learn as much as possible before getting started.

It is probably a smart idea for an attorney to look at the changes.

Yep theory doesn't stack up to street smarts and real world knowledge of doing deals.

As far as a realtor, find someone who's a little savy in technology.

The best resource that used to be available was a little book by George Coates, "Smart Trust Deed Investing in California" now out of print (eBay?).

I know there is a philosophy around "save, spend, share" but I'd much rather figure out the save portion.Since there are a *cough* few smart folks hanging around these forums I was wondering what you guys were doing.First thing that comes to mind is a 529 plan but I'm not a huge fan of it.

Those are the type of businesses that appeal to me and not ones that opened 4 years ago and sales were great but now sales are down and they have a very high lease payment with the landlord they can't get out of.The problem with leasing is that over the years just as the rent options kick in you now are having to inject capital in the business to update technology and the new look to keep business coming in.

The reason is technology is constantly changing and so are the towers.

Yes, all smart investors are buying liquor these days.

I'm speaking directly to an asset manager, and I'm smart enough to know that they are very slick and well versed at what they do.