My background as a professor of philosophy and more recently as an attorney give me all the tools necessary to over analyze and become paralyzed to action so I need resources like this one to help me be confident in my choices and to give me motivation to take the plunge.My goals in real state are pretty simple: I want to achieve financial independence for my family and establish a nice portfolio of assets that I can pass on to my children.

I signed up after a friend mentioned this is a fantastic site to learn about real estate investing.As I stated, I am new to real estate investing, but I am ready to soak up information on how to get started, how to build a real estate investing roadmap, and generate wealth.My goals are to build a portfolio to help my family achieve independence from the typical "8-to-6" job and learn techniques that are successful and repeatable.One principle that I have learned in my early learning is that this will take time and effort.

Its not alot but I take every response to every action I take as an achievement.

Once we achieved this our rent average went up almost a $100/mo on each unit.

With a fundamentally sound and strategic plan, you might find that you can achieve a surprising improvement in your score in just a year or two.

We figured out our goal and from there have simple to turned everything into an opportunity to achieve that goal.

My cash flow goals are not as lofty as yours, but personally, I love the idea that I can achieve my goals while living in NYC and investing through turnkey companies.

To achieve 8% you must have net operating income of $7,720.

But at the end of the day I think you can only have one "goal", otherwise your mindset will drive one or the other.I'd rather have one goal that's obtainable, but I have to put a concerted effort toward achieving it.

The second key is that your job is to manage your property manager to make sure they are achieving your goals for the property.A quick Google search on Regina property management brought up seven names.