Have a great rest of your week.   

You don't need to know everything to get started; you just need a foundation to build on and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

The rest of the capital was raised by offering savings accounts that pay 8% per annum to investors.

The rest is just math--algebra level math.As others noted, lowball to start and let them counter.

How is the rest of your process going?

Hi Folks,Our friends at the IRS are auditing my 2009 return, mostly because of my real estate professional designation.I have a full time job and the rentals take up all of the rest of my time and I easily spend more time on them.I own 10 properties with a total of 30 units.

The rest is based on our point system.Our Criteria:We do not deny housing for race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, sexual orientation, marital status, or familial status.We do deny housing to individuals: when the application is not complete or accurate where there is not sufficient income/resources to pay rent and livewhere there is poor prior tenancy: evictions, violations, damage to rental property, poorly handled move outs, amounts are still owing to landlords or utilities.Criminal activity is at our discretion depending on severity, number of convictions, and how long ago.

After doing tons of real estate research, my end goal would be to buy the property and house hack to live in one unit and rent out the rest.

So, at my age, with 3 school aged children, would you pay off the mortgage and invest the rest in a portfolio, real estate, or IRA (125k).. or leave +/-50k in the bank and invest the rest?

I keep a minimum amount of cash in it for emergencies and the rest I dump into a money market account through Fidelity to save up for my next property.