I'm interested in learning what else do I need in order to take that next big step and actually get out there!

If you inherited these properties you should have a stepped up basis wiping out past deferred gains if set up correctly.You could buy apartments or triple net investing.

If I can then awesome, invest something in yourself, and if I can't I promise you will have gotten some great information worth your 2 hours.One final point about the "rookie" comment, we have tried very hard to make sure our education is valuable not just for the rookie investor, but for the investor who is doing 2-6 even 10 deals a year and having trouble stepping it up.  

He also told me that he made more from his rentals than he did from the law firm.He still held the entire portfolio of properties when he passed at age 90, giving the properties to his relatives who continue to keep the properties and run the rentals, living off the income. 30-40 free and clear properties does provide a nice "side" income.The "stepped up basis" provides that the inherited property transfers basis at the value at the date of death, which makes all the capital gains unrealized during the owner's lifetime tax free.This attorney had the same portfolio for maybe 40+ years, he never bought any more property and never sold any of his rental properties.

It also means they can't show it or step foot on a property with a buyer in an agency capacity.

I've been looking and studying deals so the next step is to actually make the offer.

You'll never know everything there is to know and the only way to progress is to take that first step and do your first deal.

So, I have a hard time understanding how it works with investors, I mean, what is the basic steps to pay them/pay them back ?

Many of the "Real buyers" in my farms are the ones that are buying REOs and at the court house steps.

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