Non-retirement accounts that are investment vehicles (stocks, mutual funds, etc) will count at 70% of face value. 

Go meet them face-to-face.

what a challenge for wholesalers.title search before putting house under contract or not?

It's a group of new and experienced investors with some new faces each meetup.Search for the "Coffee with Investors in Delray Beach" post.  

I have liquidity from the previous business to invest and hopefully kick start this endeavor.Biggest challenge - I don't know this industry, I am coming from a completely opposite industry in the technology field.What I have, I think, in my favor, are colleagues from the RE industry with experience in both traditional RE sales (agent/buy/sell) but also experience in the REI side (one owning about 70+ properties and the other owning about 25 properties, both using their properties for passive cashflow)With an engineering/analytical background, my greatest fear right now is the unknown and I am trying to shore up that experience through reading and listening to others, but as I have already discovered, its like taking a drink from the fire hose - way more knowledge than I can consume in a short period of time.Questions I would pose to anyone interesting in providing some feedback -- Best way to look for that first opportunity?  

I plan on buying 2-3 properties, so it's going to be a challenge!

You are not alone with your age face!  

In Oregon, I’ll be submitting myself to 150 hours of education, so that’s going to be a challenge to say the least.

Hi all,I would like some advice on an issue we are facing at our rental right now.We have a 2-storey rental home (built in 2005), where the tenant called us in early January saying they are seeing a 2ft by 2ft wet spot on the ceiling and adjacent drywall of an upper storey bedroom.

They need to sell.Here's the challenge I bet you'll face.