Getting your license and being able to list or wholesale a deal is the optimum method to build capital and succeed in real estate today. 

Brand new to the community and I feel the best way for me to succeed is to find a local mentor to help guide me through the stepsI’m seeking a mentor in the Salt Lake City, UT area who would be willing to meet up with my next week and spend an hour of their time helping me get my feet wet.

I'm not a strong believer in negative gearing anyway (probably because I've never had a high enough income to warrant throwing THOUSANDS out the window to save HUNDREDS on tax), even though SO FAR, participants have mostly "succeeded", because their ACTUAL capital gains have more than compensated them for their ACTUAL dollar losses every year, (IF they were to cash in, now).But my argument would be: why wouldn't you aim for POSITIVE gearing in the first place? 

Great to hear about what everyone is up to and how they are succeeding.

Real estate is about being creative, taking a personal inventory and leveraging what you have to your advantage to succeed.

Good luck, and I hope you succeed in whatever direction you go.

Hope all your endeavors succeed!

1) Most risky - but if you have the experience and deals under your belt there is no reason why you can't succeed.2) What are your chances of working under another experience REI?

I've been listening to BP for over a year now, doing lots of soul searching and research with my husband and we are finally ready to dive into this new journey... only to succeed!

Please contact me because I need all the help I can get to succeed in this market.