I've been nipped at several times in the past by pro-Memphis folks who think I suck for not liking Memphis, but I have never liked Memphis as a market to buy in. I

Then I became a self made success in the video game world, and then moved my success into many different business types.

I am here to learn and excited to get my Real estate business growing.I am from Utah, Ogden Weber / Davis area and love to golf any local investors want get game and talk shop hit me up.

Bigger Pockets has an awards system, which helps you step up real estate game.

Currently, only one site puts true skin in the game by co–investing in every deal: Acquire Real Estate.

I've seen writing contests for properties but never a raffle which would (in NYS) be considered gambling (games of chance) and also involving US Postal service which gosh they have rules about all sorts of stuff you can/can't do via mail. 

At lease signing or move in, I want to see the pet. 

Question is, does that include past dues owed the the HOA that the property is located in?  I

My belief (contrary to the late night, get rich quick infomercials) is that the long game gets you results in real estate.

FHA Inspection called for egress window which was a surprise so to make it quick we upped the purchase price to $196000 to cover the $2000 price for egress window.Total rent is $2700 and my mortgage is $1226 so once all operating expenses were added in I am cashflowing about $950 which for my area is awesome since most multifamiles are at 6-8%  Cap Rate and my property was 11%.I financed using FHA loan putting only 3.5% down because my plan is to move into a unit for a couple of months do renovations to get the rent up and then buy another multifamily and repeat.So there you have it and I am very excited to continue building my portfolio but I know and will reiterate the point that you can spend all your time learning and dreaming but once you make that first step it suddenly turns into you running and making your dreams come true.