When others culled thosesprawling farmsAnd welcomed deals with open arms . . .A corner here, ten acres there,Compounding values year by year,I chose to think and as I thought,They bought the deals I should haveThe golden chances I had thenAre lost and will not come again.Today I cannot be enticedFor everything’s so overpriced.The deals of yesteryear are dead;The market’s soft—and so’s my head.Last night I had a fearful dream,I know I wakened with a scream:Some Indians approached my bed—For trinkets on the barrelhead(In dollar bills worth twenty-fourAnd nothing less and nothing more)They’d sell Manhattan Isle to me.The most I’d go was twenty-three.The redmen scowled: “Not on a bet!”

We have always wanted to try our hand at rentals/real estate, but have been too scared to take the chance.

Hi everyoneOk need some advice I have a chance to buy a property from my father Its his house the place on the inside is in pretty poor shape and he really wont be needing it anymore hes 83.

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yeah Emanuel is making the transition from agent to investor, he is very smart and in over all he doesn't let his ego take the best of him as it is with my brother, the most important thing to learn is selling, yes I am very aware of what I need to improve in order to make an excellent agent.entrepreneur?

If anyone has any experience in this holding period mess I"d appreciate their input.You are correct there are no required holding period for doing a 1031 exchange, but the bare minimum you would want to do is one year and even that is pushing, it does not guarantee they will come after you if you do it sooner, but it does greaten your chances of them auditing the transaction.

Go relatively slow and give yourself a chance to learn the business before you buy a big complex.

Thanks for trustingthat this is a safe place to ask questions.If you get a chance, why not drop in to the introductionsthread and tell us a bit more about yourself and what yourgoals and desires are in your investing.As for the short answer, you want to ultimately be ableto own all of your properties free and clear.