I've been amazed at not only the massive amount of resources available, but also the number of experienced investors who share their experiences and opinions.My full time job is a Project Manager for a commercial construction company, but over the past 5 years I've purchased 6 single family rental houses (5 in Centerville, 1 in Beavercreek). 

Now that I've graduated with a good job lined up I'm finally ready to take the first steps in beginning a new journey in buy and hold real estate.I'm currently living in the Tualatin/Tigard area and working as a mechanical engineer for a large semiconductor firm.

I am currently working as a nurse and although I do enjoy my job it isn't what I want to do forever.

I am currently working as a nurse and although I do enjoy my job it isn't what I want to do forever.

Afterward (or even before if things line up and depending on how quickly he's paid the loans down) he can pull out equity to buy new properties, use money saved from his regular job to buy more, or use a 1031 to leapfrog into something even better.

Vonecia,The hardest job in the Navy, being a Navy wife. 

Hey Ron, welcome.I used to work a self-employed job in NYC that was also very unpredictable with ups and downs, and in 2015 [and years leading up to it] moved to Poconos specifically for airbnb, starting with a small tiny cabin, and it worked out since.

Get the hustle on, learn a trade, get a second/new job.

They pay the mortgage and my utilities (essentially living and owning a home for free - in your shoes you would be cash flowing).Then, depending on what you are doing for a job (or college), it'd be good to establish yourself at work and save enough for your rainy day account (savings in case you lose your job) and then start saving more for a rental property.

Hello everyone,This is kind of a weird question but my fiance  and I will be attending our first REIA meetup this weekend and it occurs to me that every businessman I’ve ever met says you must have business cards at networking events, and we have none.Now my first thought is, we haven’t made our first deal and are still planning to pull the trigger in about 2 months, so it really feels sorta presumptuous to print off business cards which say anything real estate related.On the other hand, having never really been to a meetup not related to my day job where I would totally have business cards, I’m unsure if it’s really bad etiquette not to have them.So my quick poll is, as people who have done this way more than me, what do you guys think?