I am fortunate that I have a decent job and I am able to pay down mortgages relatively quickly.  

I've taken a few real estate investing classes so I do understand the basics of theory, but I really don't understand how I actually get started on things like researching markets, analyzing deals, deciding what niche to start with.I'm fortunate that I have a decent amount of capital to spend, but I need some practice guidance on how to put all the textbook theory to practical use.

Fortunately I have contribution room to do so without any tax penalties. 

Fortunately, not me.

Fortunately, this property was last sold in 2004 and I am assuming that if this property had oil which was leaking into the groundwater supply, the city would have notified Fannie to remidiate the issue right away.

There seems to be so many directions I can go from here (fortunately) and I believe this is a great place to help me navigate that seemingly overwhelming process.

Long story, refused rent payments from him, and fortunately left 2 months later.

Please contact me I can help, I had the same issue initially and now over 25 years later I have been fortunate enough to develop a method so I don't a penny out of pocket unless I choose to.  

We had no idea what we were doing, but were fortunate enough to play hockey with a real estate agent who taught us quite a bit up front.

On the previous deal, the wholesaler was planning to flip the property but their funding fell through so they wholesaled it to me, and i was fortunate enough to meet the seller at closing and strike up conversation and exchange information.