I was watching Eddie Speed video and he said something to the effect that he used $100 to open up a ROTH IRA and used that account to buy a $70,000 note.

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I really enjoy listening to the podcast and am excited to take my first step. 

I enjoy looking at real estate and I can also provide a second opinion from an investor's point of view. 

I really enjoy the BP podcasts if you haven't checked those out yet. 

Enjoy your kids.

Also watch out for rules that would impact your tenancy i.e. no rentals with short term leases or leases less than 2 years, or no renting out individual rooms, or no rentals to individuals with different last names.  

It's not a cool as putting in a lot of work, risk, time, money, and hope in a deal and then watch it take off better than you expected! 

It wasn't presented as "watch out for this problem" - more like "the contract might say this, so don't freak out about it, it's normal for Texas".Most of the people getting this document would have been buying suburban-type houses, new or existing, for maybe $130K on up (1997 price).

I hope you enjoy being on BP; there is a lot of information here, and there are a lot of people to share with!