As soon as you start making more money in your RE career, you can quit our 9-5.

However, I have had quite a bit of experience with older homes since then.

Gary has a point, I am sorry but I dont understand,, I am quite confused.. any response would be highly appreciated.

Alaska is wonderful and quite interesting.

Sorry, my mom is a Shakespeare buff and she would be proud :lol: So I was just about to go to the County Courthouse to file for an Assumed Name(DBA) but now I'm considering starting an LLC for multiple reasons and I'm curious as to what your opinions are.A little about me:I have not yet done a dealI have been studying for some time and I'm ready to get startedI have every intention of doing this full-time but I will not quit my day job until it's a realistic possibility(1-3 years)My only assets are my house which is homesteaded and a car with 100,000 miles and serious hail damage so I'm not concerned with asset protection at this pointI am interested in wholesaling/rehabbing(rentals in the near future)I have $10K-$20K startup capital I will be using Hard Money for my first several rehabsI have excellent credit (771)I am now thinking about starting an LLC in Texas(one-time $300 filing fee)for my rehabs because I want to build up business credit and season my company so I figure I might as well start now.Once I acquire rentals I will definitely setup an LLC but that is not an issue yet.Given the information, should I form an LLC or just do my first few deals as a sole proprietor and then get my LLC?

Life will be hard for quite a while kids.

An REO is Bank Owned asset and is no longer a type of paper product,Non performing, scratch and dent and performing loans are sellable but are quite different from an REO type of saleLoans have a much greater due diligence effort as each hard copy of a loan is detailed with section 32, TILA, Note Riders etc...

There is never a reason to be afraid to invest because........There are lots of people out there that are willing to help you.I take people by the hand all the time and lead them thru a couple deals untill their knees quit wobbling and they don't fall anymore.

Maybe not every month, but as you've figured out, bad things will happen occasionally that will eat a lot of money.Over the last few years, lots of people bought property and rented it.

So RE is so powerful because you get tremendous tax reduction benefits (depreciation, interest expenses, all operating expenses, and depreciate your capital improvements) all the while you've leveraged your investments, your tenants are paying your mortgage down for you, inflation is eating away at your mortgage, and you raise rents over time.