.: Read every real estate book I can get my hands on, listened to self development & goal setting audiotapes (Brian Tracy specifically), and spending time here on the forums.I believe it you have to develop a burning desire to succeed in this business, and there are ways to cultivate that with goal setting, affirmations and reading/learning about the principles of success.

. :)They can pay by mailing it to me or handing it to me.

I live in Georgia I am not sure this issue is covered in the hand book I figured I would float it hereI had a unit for rent in the first week of july say july 2, man came and said he wanted it immediately he had a good job drove a nice car was well put together. he had income verification statements He made a partial deposit of 300 no paper work just a receipt he was supposed to move in on the 15th of july on the 15th he came with another 200 which was the rest of the deposit but he said he didnt want to move in until augustthis didnt make me happy and as he stated there was nothing in writing forcing him to a july 15th move in datenow he states he doesent want to move in at all and wants his deposit back.I basically held this apartment for 30 days and now he does not want it,there was no written agreement but the rental application does stateThe following deposits are required: - security deposit of the first month's rent of 550.00 payable upon move inThe deposit will be returned to the Applicant if the Premises are not rented to the Applicant.

Another 1st hand experience is that you'll need to dedicate several nights a weekand half of your weekends to education and networking.

A lot of the filtering that I wound up doing had to be done by hand, because there is no excel macro that is as effective as the ol' mark-1 eyeball for spotting irregularities.

Hey everyone, over the last two years or so I have been trying my hand at wholesailing with no real success, now I was at one point in time one of those newbies who was gullible enough to believe that you don't need any money to invest or wholesale or any other thing associated with real estate, which I have learned over the past two years is just not true.

I pretty strongly encourage you to have an accountant or Quickbooks expert who works with flippers give you a hand in setting up your chart of accounts and training you in how to use it.

My five year old is currently helping with a rehab project and he is super excited to just lend a hand doing repairs, etc.

I am born and raised, and know the local market like the back of my hand!

Unfortunately, $50k might not go very far if you’re flipping homes, as is Lisa’s goal.On the other hand, if you want to invest the money tax deferred and with no access to any of it until retirement (i.e. you don’t have to live on it now), many types of self-directed retirement plans could work for you as have been beat to death on this board.Jeff