Growing up poor the richest person I knew was an engineer at a local chemical plant making $50,000 a year.

When I saw that my money doubled in 7 years, it prompted me to look into real estate investing as a vehicle to fund my retirement.

The new loan program allowing 5% down and renovation is an amazing vehicle....given you have time on your side, if I were you, I would find a property that needs a heavy renovation and get it completed before you even get there.I am happy to connect and make some introductions to some rock star real estate folks here in the area.

Text is not an appropriate vehicle should it go to court so if you text notice, then also email it/mail it or post a notice on the door. 

They can't add value to their holdings through any effort of their own.One can invest in real estate and achieve "diversification" through the public markets using multiple vehicles - most prominently through Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITS.

And, having enough RE to shield those other revenue streams is important as well, since this way I can earn less and keep more...So, unlike our friend Burke who practices real estate as both a business and investment vehicle, I see RE as a tool - one tool of many.

If you’re stuck trying to refi into a different loan product, or have to sell or come up with cash from other investment vehicles during a downturn because you’ve got a hefty balloon payment coming up, that could be trouble.

Renter agrees not to park his/her vehicles or to permit his/her guests to park their vehicles on the street adjacent to the property of any neighbor.ii.

For most people, real estate investing is a vehicle to something else they crave.

A Chevy Silverado has one of the highest vehicle death rates in the US, but that does not make it an unsafe vehicle.