I'm sure there's plenty (D Lindhal) that did it this way, but I like the Grant Cardone model: need money to invest?

Some people consider that their business model, wherein they get to maximize profits at the expense of an easy life.

I've learned A LOT just by engaging with other members, have made some great connections and done some great deals.Sounds like you've got an impressive portfolio and model, thats awesome!

Hello everyone, my name is Tony Brown and I am aspiring to start a flip/property management company.

Hi everybody! My name is James and I live in San Luis Obispo, CA, the happiest town in America, according to Oprah and many other people. I am 26 and married my beautiful wife last June and am loving life right now. I...

If you have any excel models I'd love to see them and understand what kind of assumptions you use when evaluating deals in the Atlanta area.I majored in Finance at Wharton so I know a thing or two about investment evaluation, but I have no experience with real estate so I'm just looking to learn the ropes of what a good deal vs. a bad deal might look like.

We might be transitioning our current business model to offer even greater than average commissions and incentives to find quality motivated agents that will serve us hence themselves. 

Newby here, I've been lurking around BP and listening to the podcast for over a year now. I'm planning on kick-starting my real estate career by house-hacking a local multi-family using FHA(planning on Long Beach, CA)...

@Lear R.Welcome to BP and congratulations on setting those goals to aspire to!

I do this to see what the year is in addition to self-inspection and getting my inspector to look at it.I have recently put a document together that lists all the properties systems (yr or age, serial and model, remaining life) and factor cost with the remaining years.