This is just one company in the entire State, which offers loan modification services for consumers.

While they may not have helped you out much this year, as your portfolio grows, they may have great advice to offer.

That will be the most time consuming.

If nobody wants to buy the lot, you're out the $900, you'll be paying annual taxes, you'll be paying for upkeep (lawn maintenance, debris removal), etc.Each year that passes, your investment will grow, and you'll need to sell for more and more just to get out of the hole.Not saying it's a not a good deal, but don't assume it is just because it's free...

After you're "living for free" with your new multifamily, and you hopefully have no frivolous debt (credit cards and loans on depreciating consumer goods), you'll have lots of free cash flow to propel your investing forward.

It does seem like the Denver contingent has been growing fast since the BiggerPockets Summit last March.

Being an entrepreneur is in my family and in my blood.Many people in my family are business owners or inventors.Where some people see SECURITY in a JOB I see restraint and boredom.I have always been a free thinker with an imagination and passion for creating things and learning to do things better.My first business was a car audio business at 19 years of age.I would in the years leading up to that pester this other car audio owner multiple times a week.I learned a lot from him just hanging out.He didn't mind as he knew my dad was killed in a car wreck when I was 16.College is theory and learning from people doing it everyday is real world.The first 2 years of college is just a rehash of stuff you already know.I made straight A's in high school so I already had the discipline and the smarts.After to going to college for awhile me and my other friends just didn't see spending years there when we could grow our businesses.I think college degrees are great if you know the demand for the specific job will be out there when you graduate.People that go to college think about getting into it but do not plan for the exit and the debt involved.College is an investment just like anything else and can be a bad investment if you spend time focused on the wrong majors etc.I do not believe sending kids to college to "figure things out" while they rack up huge student loans that they cannot get rid of through bankruptcy.

The SAFE act regulates consumer loans, not business borrowing, but if the loan goes to foreclosure, and the borrower claims it was a consumer loan, not a business loan, you will be int he position of proving to the contrary.Therefore, I strongly recommend the following:Lend to an entity only, not a personGet the borrower to sign a declaration stating the loan is for business purposes, and the proceeds will be used only for business purposes.Get a Nevada attorney who has worked on private lending closings to generate your documents and advise you on any Nevada llaws and requirements.

Most people do not grow their own food, make their own electricity, produce their own steel, etc.

For example, as I did not have any consumer credits and very good cash balance on my bank accounts, I got several loans for my apartments in France around 3.45%.