I'm in the early stages of my REI career where I have to use conventional and hard money.

1) Sart getting books on RE investing --have a field day at Barnes and Noble or online ..

They tout a “secret” real estate career where you can make $100k+ per year.

I am pretty seasoned and am also an ex loan officer, I know that category is completely not in question for me to attempt and reform another investment corp.So, I have to change careers at 33.

High end properties are harder to cash flow but are a much better speculative play because their values rise the most, sometimes astronomically, in an up market.I try to find blue collar properties in the middle that I can purchase at a big discount to gain instant equity, cash flow pretty well, and might even have a chance to appreciate tremendously in a market upswing.My opinion is why risk your money on an upperclass rental that has the extreme possibility of negative cash flow, especially if you're just beginning your investing career?

Sounds like there's no shortage of work in your field.

(pretty sure that's still accurate though I haven't been in the field for two years now) As for the repairs, you have to document the repairs with supporting receipts.

I finally signed up today in the hopes of gaining as much knowledge as I can.Brief summary of my reason for doing so:My family owns several commercial properties through an LLC, which was started by my father who has since passed on.We have a good amount of equity in our commercial buildings and are looking to expand into residential housing, though which avenue we are going to pursue is still undecided.I currently do not have enough knowledge or experience in the REI field to feel comfortable leveraging our commercial RE assets on residential properties.There's more to it than that, but I don't want my first post to be a novel.

Over time, I transitioned into my career with Diamond Properties, a Real Estate Services company.

This looks like a win-win situation.Am I completely out in left field on this one?