but I ensure that anything I buy produces significant positive cashflow that contributes toward paying off the debt.Anyways - thanks for introducing yourself.

Browsing through the forums I know I can learn a great deal from all of you and if there is anything I can do to contribute to your success please let me know.

Another alternative would have been to refi all of the contributed cash out also, making the loan payment closer to $11K/mo, giving $9K/mo net cash without any money left in the deal.Someone will ask...why didn't you get your cash out and take the $9K/mo?

I look forward to become more involved on this site and would even like to contribute a guest post within the next couple of months!

All contributed cash and labor into the restaurant.

Given that I am just now getting into this world, how can I help and contribute to the forums and general community of this website?

There is another thread regarding this situation and one must be careful not to simply call an employee a sub just to avoid the employee contributions an employer must make, including workers comp.

Or will spend $25K on a rehab and then try to refuse to spend $500 to make repairs on serious issues that the buyer's inspector finds.Here are a few things that I think contribute:1.

I'm living in long beach, California and recently turned my eyes towards real estate investment education.I just wanted to thank the posters and especially the moderators /bloggers (no brown nosing)who have contributed to building this website.

Bryan Hancock and Jon Klaus have been bugging me to get active here, and I'm finally following through.I'm looking forward to contributing and learning from this gathering of great real estate minds.John Blackman