After that I quit my job and went to school full time.

would the average investor just save up a nest egg and then quit their job and take the plunge.

Rochester/Buffalo seems like an area of the US that has quite a bit of affordable selling prices, but still retaining a rent that is fairly high.

Since your post was quite some time ago, I would assume you have already found the answer to your question.

If you buy a property with a mortgage, and want to do it in an entity, its most common to buy it in your own name, then quit claim it into the entity.

I'm not quite sure how to incorporate that formula into REI.

Quite a list huh.

Currently in Brighton, Michigan with the sole purpose of investing in real estate.It all started after reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" about a year ago.I quit my job and moved out here in June to focus on investing full-time.So far it is going quite well.I currently have two properties under contract and am busy looking for partners.VERY happy I found this forum.Myles

Which is better than any alternative now availble to us.This has been touted by Ed Wallace, writer for Business Week (online) for quite awhile.

Things can happen too quickly in an area for a national company/system to adapt quickly to update those values.I personally don't see a big value of a national system - the benefit for persons that work on a national level is really quite limited.