A good attorney will help educate you and will be well worth the cost.

Since then I've bought 4 more buy & holds, flipped 2 homes, sold 4 of the 5 buy & holds, and have passive investments into various commercial properties including a hotel in Dallas, a new construction of a student housing apartment in Central Texas, a land deal in Austin, TX, and a commercial real estate fund specializing in Class A residential assets in NYC.I'm looking to continue my real estate education, expand my network base, share my knowledge and experiences with others, and ultimately get into syndicating of my own deals.Happy to help anyway I can and look forward to getting to know the BP network!

As a Residential Real Estate Agent, I am curious - where do/did you prefer to start your investment journey and why?

He really needs to get more educated on taxes in REal Estate and start doing business as an LLC or another type of a corp.

I realized many different hassle factors throughout my path...In the process of my journey...

In my mind, the easiest way to identify the best Self-Directed provider is by making the SAFE decision; an acronym that represents the provider's Specialization, Account fees, Funding time frame and Education.  

Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of becoming an agent, and then continue my education to become a broker. 

For the past year, I have been educating myself using books, forums, podcasts, networking etc.

Let the property sit empty until you are fully educated on the finances of income property investing or sell it and be free from th eresponsibilities of managining properties and tennats.It only come down to th enumbers, do not make any decissions until you know the market. keep in mind most homes make for very poor investment income properties and will be more of a financial burden than a benefit.In your position I would have it listed with a real estate agent and sell.

Good morning bigger pockets community, the names dan and I’m a fairly new real estate investor in the Hampton Roads area , after due diligence and much research I’ve landed here at bigger pockets to further pursue my real Estate education and to further my career as an investor.