Recently graduated, I am Mobile Platforms Software Engineer already looking to make a career advancement into Real Estate investing.I have already found a great mentor that is a contractor and has done a lot of flips, and a real estate agent with just as much experience to work with!

I was talking to him today and he said he will never buy again because he has been burned.

My name is Cody Dirlam and I am about to graduate college with a BS in Chemical Engineering.

I am currently a construction consultant with a civil engineering background and have a big interest in real estate.

They budget 3 months holding costs exactly to actually hold it for longer and they starts burning into your profit.

And yes, I didn't plan it, but my friend who is an engineer working on the rail told me my condo happens to be very close to the rail!

@Jim Burns Generally you can only pro-rate the exclusion if you have to sell the property due to a job change, health reasons, or unforeseen circumstances.

Be a transaction engineer. 

Best advice I can give you is to put together a great team of managers, lender, engineer, lawyer, etc.

About 16 years ago I imported a gti-r front clip of a car and swapped out that engine into my 200sx se-r.