I have been educating myself on real estate for a while now and although books, blogs and forums are great, finding an investor in the area to just chat with would be amazing.

Spend the additional time & money you would be spending on driving around cheapo buyers who will be getting part of your commission on your marketing & continuing education to attract better clientele.

There is so much on the education link that I am sure you will find it a great resource.

Diamond Sandy educate and take massive actions.

As a newbie I've been listening to the podcasts, reading the recommended books and educating myself to know as much as I can before I move out east to NC to start my new real estate journey.Anyone out there from Thousand oaks area who would like to sit down over coffee and share some stories and ideas, please feel free  send me a message.

I have gotten differing comments on using leverage or being overly leveraged.If you could own cash flowing properties with little to none of your own money into them and they are leverage at 70 to 80%, would you do it?

Im still very much in the education stage, with minuscule savings.

After doing the calculations, keeping in mind hoa, taxes, vacancy, other expenses I’m looking to cash flow $300-$500 a month not being fully leveraged.

Being new I took the time to get educated on the subject by the teaching of a few mentors, tons of bigger pockets youtube videos and a few good books I picked up along the way.

On top of this, I also receive $3,200 monthly from VA (medically retired Army) and $3,400 for being a full time student using my education benifits (both not taxable).