I got my real estate license once we had decided that real estate investing was going to be our path to financial freedom.  

She put on a very good show regarding her personality and type of person that she was and I have paid the price for that financially and mentally enough already.Thanks in advance 

In addition to an NDA, ask for either financials or a business plan.

Be certain that you factor this into any financial analysis.  

With a side of balloon and the added benefit of reporting your financials to them every year? 

I truly believe that real estate is one of the few paths to financial independence. 

I always get a chuckle out of new people who parrot the "financial independence" spiel, and how they are going to storm into their boss'  office and tell him what a loser he is, and storm out never to look back..

I did work in RE in Spain actually, at the bottom of the financial crisis I started an investment advisory firm and we focused in commercial.For my next stage, I want to do multifamily and I do not see the appeal to do it in Spain right now (laws clearly favor the tenant and can make your life quite hard as a landlord).Are you currently investing there?

I routinely work with financial statements from these properties and wonder why I am not doing this!

When it comes to running financials on larger properties I know I need to include PM and CapEx expenses on a monthly basis.