Which isn't the worst in the world. 

Or, you can do what I did, which was a major pain in the butt and interrupted transactions: back when I was in that world, I had to switch employers every 2 years or so to keep my clients happy, because all financial institutions have good years and dumb years.

Then I started the deep dive into trying to understand property investing as I thought there must be a way to get ahead in this world.

I'm fairly new to the Real Estate Investing world, I'm about to buy my first rental property out-of-state and hope to have another deal close before the year is over.

If you don't have a local mentor, I would try to find one because they can make a WORLD of difference. 

After a second read through of Rich Dad, Poor Dad about a month ago, something clicked this time with me and opened the world of real estate investing.

I am extremely new to this world and trying to figure out how to analyze potential properties. 

I am very new to the world of real estate investing (like just starting to get into learning the in's and out's of the business, trying to educate myself before jumping in) and I am finding myself overwhelmed with information.  

Markets are world wide, bugs spread

A 25% down payment gives you a 1 to 4 advantage meaning you can buy 4X the real estate compared to using all cash.Here is a real world application based on this example.