ill say this.....it took me 14 months to get my first wholesale deal......and everyone was in my ear saying "youre not doing something right..." etc........but in that 14 months it was a self development thing for me......i began to read books.....i didnt read a book for leisure until i was 31...........i developed an early morning routine.....i developed discipline.....now im probably the most disciplined person that i know......I get up everyday at 430 am....i meditate....i pray....i have an affirmation journal and a gratitude journal......i fast for 48 hours weekly.....i take cold showers.....i work out.....i do yoga.....etc.......i say all that to say this......its all a mindset thing......keep pushing!!!

Not trying to bash anyone, its your business run it how you want, but paying that kind of money for what is nothing more than a fancy opinion is just silly IMO.

For North Carolina, the agent becomes a dual agent, which is a fancy term for a paper pusher with a sock in their mouth.

@Austin Payne - I am a longtime Oklahoma landlord and we do routinely advise tenants that there is only so much a unit can do.  

the key is at Langer we had deal flow .. you got a payoff there was something to go into literally next day.Our routine was to look at loans in the field in the morning then Jack would work the phone in the afternoon replacing payoffs.. when you got to his level it was a simple how you doing I have a Caster loan for you.. hows the kids and what not Boom done.. it was quite the education for me..

I guess the SS front is more important than it being fancy/huge!

Instead of saving for a future, a lot of the younger generation would rather boast their Benz, nights out at the club, and fancy meals on social media. 

I am planning to take out an equity loan to fix it up just to be livable nothing fancy (the area isnt a granite countertop stainless steel type of place), Very excited and nervous and hoping all goes well. 

When we went to open a bathroom floor for routine maintenance, we found the whole floor was being held up by 2X4's and the rest of the floor was rotted away, and people had just moved out.  

Lane KawaokaIf you are selling for $450,000, then your net sale prices, which is the amount of replacement property that you must acquire (reinvest) in order to defer all of your taxes is $450,000 less any routine selling expenses such as brokers commission, title insurance costs, escrow or attorney settlement/closing costs, recording fees, 1031 Exchange fee, etc.