thanks guys...i was hopin to do a deal before i left for basic training to prove to my mom its possible b/c ive been trying to get her in this for years i guess ill have to wait till i get back but thanks again for the info

I feel safe there, being properly trained and prepared to defend myself at all times.

Oh yeah, he was the guy that funded the training and arming of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in the 80's and then provided weapons to Saddam Hussein in the 90's to murder the Kurds.

As for stock...a few trains of thought...Warren Buffett's thought: - NEVER SELLTrader's thought - When I make 15% or 20% or when i lose 8% or 12%My personal thought - Know what you are selling it at when you buy it...could be a price, a date, an event(earnings or product launch) or a specific % return.As for real estate...a couple of options:- NEVER(typically only cashflow properties)- when someone will pay a certain amount giving you a certain $ amount gain.just some thoughts

It comes down to who is training who?

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;To borrow money on the credit of the United States;To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;To establish post offices and post roads;To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;To provide and maintain a navy;To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings;--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

I have been involved in several lively discussions on here, but I don't think I have introduced myself.My name is Mike, my wife is Eva and we have six children, all but one is 18 or older now.I bought my first real estate investment at the age of 19, and have bought and sold, made money, lost money, but have fun doing it.I work as a Finance Director for a Non Profit company that runs a Head Start, Substance Abuse Recovery and Job Training Program, mostly for Native Americans.

Participation is key to getting you to your goal of becoming an investor.You certainly found the right place to start your training!

I haven't gotten any approved yet (one turned down), but hopefully I'll hear good news on them by the deadline--which is COB on Friday.I'm interested in getting together with someone in the Fairfax County area of Northern VA to get some "on-the-job" training.

I am currently enrolled in advanced training course through the Rich Dad Poor Dad education system.