The knowledge you'll earn while making a paycheck is invaluable. 

The advantage is that accelerating the depreciation will act as a tax shield for our earnings during the course of the year, lowering our tax liability – the downside is that we need to be committed to owing the property for a long, long time (in our case the plan is to own it forever & hand it down to our kids).

i know, nothing is easy in this world but for some of you some things work good and some things work hard.8- Did you felt scared at the beginning of your career as investor?

I know, nothing is easy in this world but for some of you some things work good and some things work hard.8- Did you felt scared at the beginning of your career as investor?

Of course there's utilizing OPM, your current careers income, etc; but has anyone used anything a little more creative?

I know I can safely, tax-free withdraw all my contributions (not earnings) in my Roth.

Otherwise maybe you can collect a consulting fee for walking your buddy through the steps that THEY will need to do in order to manage the property (still guidance, still earning, but NOT managing the property).That's all I've got. 

So I always known since I was a child I wanted to be a real estate investor just from seeing my parents work so hard to give their hard earned money to landlords, investors ect.

I was just curious to find out what others experienced early in their career.

I was just looking for a quick way to earn capital to invest for a 20% down.