I want to get ahead with my income and i know real estate is a great vehicle to get there.

If they didn't do that, they would starve when winter arrives.The Future is VERY important.Another analogy I like to use is to Drive your Investments like an Investment Vehicle.When you look at past Data such as previous Sales, you are looking at the Rear View Mirror of your Investment Vehicle.When you look at current data, such as the current Rents and Expenses to calculate your Current cashflows or your Cash on Cash Return, you are looking at the side view... watching the action go by as it is occurring.When you look through the Windshield of your Investment Vehicle, you are looking at the road ahead.... seeing the path that it is taking you... and all the obstacles in the way.You are less likely to CRASH your investment vehicle by focusing on looking through your Windshield than remaining fixated on the Rear View Mirror or the Side Windows.If the bridge is out and you fail to see the bright red warning signs..... if your eyes are not looking straight through that windshield........ you will Drive your Investment Vehicle into the abyss down below.So please.....

What is your money getting you now in whatever investment vehicles they are in verses the real estate investment.

I'm a huge believer in rental properties and passive income, as a vehicle to achieve financial independence. 

And, you'll find that some will be burned out and will be interested in hearing what you have to offer.You might also want to consider looking into the 311 database, specifically the complaints reflecting homes with trashed yards, junk vehicles and other nuisances.

Salt from what is put down and what falls off the vehicles will destroy it in a few years.

I receive all of my income between 1st - 5th of the month and I pay all of my mortgages and op-ex around the 15th and then I transfer the remaining to my “savings vehicles.”

As I understand it, keeping title separate on the mobile (like a vehicle) keeps my purchase price associated strictly with the land and stick-built home. 

Hello Everyone.....i just joined this forum bc as i was scouring the internet over the last couple of day this forum kept popping up as full of information. so thank you all for letting us newbies access all this wealth of info. my situation is as follows. current mortgage balance on 2 family home: 360k @ 3.75% for 30 years ($2300 montly PITI)current market value by a local Credit Union: 553kjoint Debt between me and wife: 77k (majority is student debt)Montly Debt payments: $1265.00Rental Income from Duplex Apt upstairs: $1700.00my idea is to get a 10/20yr HELOC for 80k to consolidate our Debt obligations and then paying only the interest on the HELOC (5%) is a 333/month payment. basically converting our 1265.00 montly debt obligation burden into a 333.00 burden. we would be responsible for the mortgage (2300.00) and the HELOC interest payment (333.00) which is 2633.00this minus the 1700 rental incomes makes our montly home burden 933$ dollars.our monthly income combined is approx 6k after taxes but we also have daycare and food and car insurance and the like. my idea was to basically transfer and extend our current debt to a lower montly payment as we plan on moving in 1.5-2yrs and then fully renting our 2 family home which should bring in about $3500 a month conservatively (city property with 2 parking spaces). the rent of the home would cover both the mortgage and HELOC interest payment and STILL be positive cash flowam I wrong to think that then the HELOC would basically be paid by the Tenants and not me....in a way i would have transferred our CURRENT debt to another debt vehicle which would then be paid by someone else. the plan after paying all of our non HOME related debt would be to save aggressively. i am thinking 2k-2.5k a month should be doable. although i have also thought about aggressively paying down the principal on our primary mortgage instead.am i missing something. i know people dont like HELOCS bc of the variable rate...but is interest rate important when someone else is making the payments?

We are typically seeing 3-5 year terms on our bridge loans and 7-10 on longer term CMBS vehicles.