I didn't want for this thread to be about race.

I choose the live-in flip strategy because it's LESS risk and at that time I was stuck in the rat race and paying $800 in rent to do it! 

Build your financial foundation earlier and you could escape the rat race through REI before your thirties.

Hello, I am a Nurse in California trying to get out of the rat race by way of Real Estate investing.

Contrary to what most will tell you on here, slow and steady can actually win the race! 

However, we don't want to all stay in the rat race forever and even though I am retiring from the Military, I will still be keeping my full time job as the Airfield Manager.

However, we don't want to all stay in the rat race forever and even though I am retiring from the Military, I will still be keeping my full time job as the Airfield Manager.

Be still my racing heart....scary.

Small banks are best, meet the loan officer, underwriter is two doors down, often common sense driven and invested in the comunity.Like a car race, you need a great car and a fast driver - or a great bank and a strong loan officer.

Another new draw for SE Austin / Bastrop is the Circuit of the Americas, which just announced a new NASCAR race series and the creation of a water park and other entertainment.