Which could change as does life, but for now I'm ready to get started!

When I got my Real Estate License, I first tried to study by using Real Estate Express, however, doing the studying all online was difficult for me personally...I was not able to ask anyone questions or get good real life examples.

Since this is about buying real estate, or finding real estate deals, I put it into this forum section.I'm been a software developer all my life, been programming since I was 10, founded a few tech companies and sold them before jumping into real estate.

She believes that by working hard at her day job she will be able to live a comfortable life while I want to make sacrifices now to invest and live more than comfortably in 10 years.  

Other than making a typo, screwing something up, and needing to take months of your life to correct it?  

John thanks for adding your real life experience, this type of input is very helpful.

Be careful to not go into this too quickly- you've got the rest of your life to invest in properties.

I live my life as a game of "what if".

Bought a house with VA loan in hometown (Ellwood City), market in the area continued to decline due to areas nearby stealing the life out of it IMO (Chippewa Township for example).Due to various factors, made decision to pay down heavily the last year, got out from underwater, and recently sold it on 4/22 and walked away with a small amount of proceeds.I know that with an FHA loan, if you eventually convert it to a conventional loan, you can reapply for another FHA loan.  

I am certainly not an expert but I believe that the PMI on the FHA loans now are for the life of the loan so the only way to get rid of it is to refinance out.