I’m James Goodlett.Brand new to the REI game.Only real experience is the purchase of my home that has since been converted to a rental property.I’m trying my hand at investing as a potential follow on career path.Once upon a time I grew up in KS, but when stateside I’ve lived primarily in TN and AL for the last twenty years.My goals in REI are to simply offset my pending retirement check without being tied to anyone’s whim but mine.I fully understand that work is involved in being successful in this endeavor.BiggerPockets was a recommended source for information and networking. 

Should I purchase multiple condos with my own cash or should I purchase more while leveraging with the banks (day a 25% down payment each time).Positive cash for is important for me because I still want to live off of the passive income.But can we still achieve the same positive cash flow by purchasing, for example, twenty condos with 25% down or is it better just to purchase around right if then cash (to guarantee my passive income)?

Most people I know live in Fed Hill until they are in their mid twenties and then move somewhere else.

A little about me - I'm a twenty-something based on Long Island, NY.  

My credit score is roughly 760, and I have about twenty thousands dollars in savings.

I wish I would have known at 22 what I know now. heck, i was interested in real estate in my twenties but, didn't act on it until my forties (Go Figure!).

I think over the next twenty years we will see more more sandy like events in those areas.

While living in Arizona and working as a real estate agent, a deal came up to source buy and hold properties for a National REIT. In one month I sourced and closed 22 deals on SFR's totalling over $1.7million total. T...

I had a twenty minute conversation with the guy about whether or not each of the three units were metered separately, then I sent him an email that yes, the three different units each had their own electric meters, then I talked to him on the phone about it for another 20 minutes where I specified that yes, three units, three meters, one for each) then they guy tried to tell me that FHA does not approve ANY multi-unit properties (again BULL.)

Hello, I'm a mid twenties male in the military currently renting in the southern California area.