I am motivated to start this journey into this, It would be good to hear some feedback, any advice is appreciated.Thank you,Presley Step one, make a simple poster board with crazy goals or niches you want to be involve in and own. (10x mindset, Grand Cardone-ish)Step two, budget (masterfully) your monthly lifestyle expenses every dollar (Dave Ramsey-ish)Step three know your current buying power status, your 3 months improvement of such and your 6 months, and 9 months and 12 months milestone you like to achieve with your current stream of income and side gigs (same time cutting down expenses)During this process at the same time go find out first time buyer programs in your area and also very important is NACA(.)

Main stream media and every investor I talk to speak of upcoming recession.

Oh and then caps in social security income calculations…Opinion: our current system advantages large streams and stores of capital much more than it favors your average person who does real estate.

They will smell new inexperienced blood 15 miles away dude.Get a website.

I was a bit nervous, but Warren Buffet says to invest when there is blood in the streets. 

My friend just told me of a great movie I should see or a great song to stream - throw it on the inbox!

I would be responsible for finding a home to put on the pad and once this is done the lot rent would go to me for the spot (I would likely do a Lonnie Deal on the pad so I would get two income streams here).Anyone have any advice going into something like this?

Metropolitan Statistical Areas are by definition large and encompass great swathes of regions and whilst this information is useful background information, remembering that one of the distinguishing features of the Real Estate Asset Class, as compared to other classes, is it's highly segmented character.The most profitable ( and some would say, risky) revenue streams of RE is appreciation and that's what you're trying to determine when you are looking for how to determine which stage of the RE cycle an area is in but within Sarasota, Tampa and Jacksonville for example, are a myriad number of micro-markets that could provide an asset that over the next 5 years would create a huge loss or a huge gain based on the characteristics of the micro-market.

Hi All,Lately I've run into a bit of a dry spell with my deal sourcing streams (Direct Mail, Ads, Direct Marketing, Brokers etc..). 

They are loads cheaper than an MBA and have much more flexible schedules for people with full-time jobs, so you don't need to quit your W2 income stream.