Hey everyone,I'm so happy I found this website, it seems like a really supportive community.

I wonder how many poor people the reporter personally supports?

RE is hard and takes work.....if it were easy, everyone would be doing it.You can get the same info for free here on BP and at your local REIA group, both of whom deserve your support a lot more than guys like that.My local REIA has classes and seminars on every aspect of RE investing (marketing, legal, roofing and foundation basics, etc) and they are free or $20 at the most and the ones that cost $20 usually feed you sandwiches or breakfast......no big pitch or rah-rah or pressure to give any one 1000's of dollars.

If you're a seasoned buy & hold investor, would love your support (spearhead) during this meeting. :-)Topics: (1 hr time plan):* Introductions* Goals, volunteers, & format of meeting.* Topics to be discussed for next month's meeting.* Open discussion and sharing of ideasKnow a seasoned Buy & Hold Investor?

I'm open to ideas and suggestions.Thank you all in advance for your help / support / hate mail. :) Hopefully I won't get any of that unless it's to spur me on to do better and go faster.

I am interested in being a commercial real estate investor but I have some problems with it.I am trying to become a commercial real estate investor, and I do have tremendous family support.

@Damien ClarkI have business meetings (support) with a realtor in Howard County.

This results in a more secure investment long term.At the same time you have to make sure the property is still returning enough cash flow to properly support itself.If you want to post the numbers we would be happy to review them for you.

A lower limit there is fine as long as it's high enough to support the umbrella, and as long as we increase the umbrella limit to reach that $2 million minimum.So John T is fine with his underlying limits of $300,000 because he has a larger umbrella and, I assume, the umbrella only requires a $300,000 underlying limit.If there's a substantial price difference between the two policies, it is almost certainly because of a difference in how the carriers underwrite the property.

I make a decent wage, however almost half of my wage goes to support payments and the rest goes to paying down debt.