The secret about real estate is that, when it comes to buy and hold, you build wealth through appreciation/principal paydown; i.e. you gain equity that you can eventually tap into by either selling or refinancing.

Seller Leads are a tough nut to crack, online they mostly come from Home Valuation ads, and as you've discovered they cast a very wide net and will find a lot of folks just wanting to know their home's value (who wouldn't?!).

LEVERAGE is the "secret sauce" to investing in real estate, so remove of that, it's got BIG impacts.

My first account that I had several years ago before I closed it I discovered that creative finance as for as Sub2 was frowned on by Bigger Pockets members.

While it can be done, The first step is to discover if your state has a certificate of need statute.

moving is not an option I’m married and my career is in Cali however I’ve discovered that I can use my IRA as reserves which is a huge help!

As I have said many MANY times before; most often the "Secret Recipe" to getting a "Cash Cow" of a rental is buying a Net-0 rental today, and TIME. 

Hi @Michael J.Here's the link to change notification settings.However, we also just discovered a bug that started last Friday, which sent select people repeated emails for every forum post.

My Dad got into Real estate in 66.. at the time we lived in an Apartment and he had a mid 50s VW with no back seats :)  but he boot strapped it and within a few years things got a lot better when he discovered working for commish and frankly he was a good salesmen.

Here's a secret; it's not the guys trying to get clean.