I hope everything went well with closing today.

I will reach out today and I'll be sure to let her know you referred her.

Keep up with the educational side, figure out exactly what type of property you want to start with and find your first project.

And he asked me if i were selected would I have $50k today to pay.

I welcome any advice on education or how to improve my processes.

The correct line of thinking is "What opportunities in my network and experience can my IRA tap into and get better results than what it is invested in today?" 

Also, I have two pre approvals today for a cash out refi.

Currently I have been educating myself with some of the real estate books that were recommended on the podcasts.  

in some areas home prices peaked in the 80s and 90s  think Rochester NY for example or Buffalo.. in some areas real estate seems to make new highs then 10 years later it makes new highs again  think SF bay area , at the end of the day building materials are up land prices even being zero  it cost more to build a home than you can buy an existing one in a huge swath of America so until that changes.. who knows.then in the areas that are slowing but surely turning into rental dominated markets  ( we know which ones those are ) those values will really only move if rents move or investor accept a much smaller return that what they want today which is basically 6 to 10% COC with 20 to 30% down.. 

I know there is a lot of risk there, especially today when banks are getting tighter.