My favorite saying is "I don't need a job I just need the money" and landlording as well as being a lender has given me financial freedom.

Hi Raymond,I am a new Real Estate Agent here in Colorado, wishing I was there with you in one of my most favorite places in the world right now!  

Just about any monkey could have thrown a Dart at a property and made money either flipping or Buy and Hold.You just couldn't tell the difference between a Good Investor and a Lucky Investor at the time everything goes up.NOW... when the Great Recession hit starting in 2008..... this is where you will see who will survive.The Lucky Investor normally doubles down on the Gambling Table, continuing to bet until he loses EVERYTHING.

The answer I kept getting was "you don't really know what you got until you buy it" and at the moment, I don't have that million in an account to gamble.

My favorites is of course the Rich Dad Poor Dad and The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.Feel free to contact myself or the BP community if you have any other questions Good luck!

My favorite parade of homes house was in vineyard and it is a very hot market.  

Its the home of my favorite rap group of all time lol.

Any locals have a favorite meetup or REI group in the Dallas area?

Rather than bringing home all that cash (read: tax money) and creating tons of new jobs here, my strong suspicion is perhaps only 10% of that money will be repatriated (some CEOs taking the gamble that they won't have another opportunity to bring it home at a lower rate in the future) and it will end up costing us jobs due to higher tax payments, not creating tons more as he thinks.

Speaking of the podcast and books; every guest is asked for their favorite real estate book and their favorite business book.