My interest in RE investing began after I first read ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ by Robert Kiyosaki.

I think he has stated before that them not accurately portraying the reality of it is why he decided not to continue with the project.I know another individual who was on a flipping show, and there were a lot of things in that episode that were not a reflection of reality as I knew those involved, and I knew the subject property.

Would be a nice way to meet up with some like-minded individuals in the area.

I opened 3 of these between me and my wife and transfer my HELOC to those cards.Yes, it dinged my credit score pretty hard (went from Excellent to Poor in a like a week LOL). but for the last 15 months.

Karen, I won't be attending but I can recommend a tip that could save you thousands of dollars: Leave your credit cards at home.Most of the free / low cost seminars give you a few crumbs of information but are mainly sales presentations designed to "upsell" you on more expensive "boot camps" and/or "mentoring programs".They all follow the same classic sales formula, they'll tell you that it normally costs $X (you can even go on their website and see that price) but "today only" or "only for the first N people to sign up" they're putting on a special deal.They'll do the whole "this is how much it would cost individually but here's an incredible package deal" etc.

Purchase price: $95,000 Cash invested: $55,000 Sale price: $215,000 Pre-foreclose, elderly person living in the house in a extreme poor condition , we offer alternative for his living , We help the owner with a better place to live , we help the bank by giving them Money for a deal that will take a lot of money to be back and functional , we hale the neighborhood by eliminating a house that was a close to tear down and in a bad shape , What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I'm trying to decide whether to invest as an individual, through my personal checking account, or through my small business.

I understand when it is a bunch of poor choices that add up but I wonder if just the shower head is enough to say hey not this one.   

Mostly because I'm time poor (professional job, side business, 1 kid, 1 on the way). 

I was thinking of putting it in an index fund but that would be more for a 5-10 year timeline. another option would be individual stocks but there is a lot of risk involved in that.Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thank you.