They're about as realistic as Die Hard 4.

But if you are a die hard buy and hold, than it's a moot point because appreciation is only valued at time of sale or equity extraction.

I am a 4th year property manager and die-hard proud Chicagoan (before you ask, I prefer deep dish pizza) I love the Chicago Bears (they suck, i know) and prefer the White Sox -hey, Cubbies, we at least won a world series THIS century.

(Old habits die hard.)There is a process to finding private lenders, mostly due to SEC regulations.

Hi Jason,There are lots of great books on real estate investing generally, and some more specific ones in the genre, and your preference and reading list may depend on whether you are a die hard flipper or a long term buy and hold person, and also if you plan on managing the place (which I recommend at least reading about and even trying)...

I'm a die hard Boglehead when it comes down to it.

Well i am i die-hard investor in stock market and want to invest in stock-market thoroughly and continuously but according to the latest census and latest happenings across the globe i am not in state to invest in stock market.

We have some neat sports folks in REI and on BP (Chad Carson, former Clemson Football Captain, just one example)...You may have some of the most recent national DI creds, though, with your recent college world series experience as starting 2nd baseman...I read this inspiring story and think you will be successful no matter what: http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2014-06-...Even when you get off the sports field, there are lots of great lessons for business (I did an nice interview with Chad, above, in my blog on his insights on team work, etc)..I did the Friday Night Lights thing (in the Odessa Permian/Mojo heyday, 1991 16-0, we won state game champ vs future NFL leading rusher....) and what I tell my students is after awhile, it may be just you and maybe some teammates and die hard fans who remember what you did on the field, but you keep those memories alive in your head--but that is enough, and it is like rocket fuel for your trajectory in other fields... so you have new highlight films ahead.

The vast majority of 4 family housing stock are built as affordable housing and you have to be a pretty die hard investor to move in - and probably single too.One exception is the top end: I have seen some 600k plus 4 family homes on the east side - updated kitchen/bath, nice, large units, great condition and they are actually cheap if you look at them as a per-unit basis. 

@Jonna Weber thanks, being such a die hard Fresno state bulldog fan.