Hello everyone,       I'd like to start by thanking all of you for the opportunity to learn from your experiences and educate myself in real estate investing.

Please educated me.

Keep educating yourself and making connections and don't let yourself or the lenders stand in the way of your success.

ok, small update:i compared my options. based on youtube i should be able to crack the thing open with a long pry bar ($16, as my normal crow bar doesn't look like it'll give me enough leverage) in ~2 minutes. how do they get away with calling these things "safe"?

Well, I've been fortunate enough to have an expensive, I mean extensive education, but wracked up a LOT of debt in the process.

Hi everyone, this is my very first thread on BP as I'm just starting my education on Real Estate to one day live off of it!

There is minuscule chance, an average Joe who wants to be successful in Real Estate, other than borrowing money from family, having many friends, raising capital via syndications, creating a Corporate Entity, ( which necessarily don’t impress me, there 100 unit apartments, over leveraged, I could do in my sleep!

You can be successful in any market if you believe in yourself, have unwavering determination, and always be educating yourself. 

However, you also need to consider the point of leverage and deals.

Sorry for the obvious ignorance, but I'm interested in note investing and have only done a little self-education.