Video Production Specialist by day for a safety company designing promotional marketing material.Hobbies include: Hiking, paintball, cooking, and weight lifting, and of course...real estate!

Anyway, just food for thought! 

Always, always, always choose income over equity when that equity is not yet realized.I would buy a multi unit where your income from the rental units can contribute towards your mortgage payments.When just getting started safety, and assurance should be foremost on your mind.Even if you do not realize a gain in equity having rental units will help you make your mortgage payments on time and contribute to you building up good credit which is an underestimated value by many a new comer in real estate investing.Even if you can afford a single family home do not buy it if it's going to put you out on a limb spending most of what you have or may have coming in.I always think like this, if I have $10.00 I will consider spending $2.00 and keep $8.00 in reserve.

Flip enough times and you will be able to do as @J Scott describes, which is funnel the profits into another investment vehicle that is a much more passive income stream.RE is attractive because the sheer returns can outperform just about everything you can think of in terms of relative safety of principal vs. rate of return.

If the food is good he is committed and from the area I think it makes sense.  

The neatest trick with the travel write-offs too is that you can write-off the per diem amount for the city rather than your actual food and such expenses.

This is, of course, food for at least another post .

I can really only speak for California but I tend to avoid anything older that June 15, 1976 for a variety of reasons from safety, quality of construction, finance ability, resale, etc.

As stated above, except for any food or drink you happen to order there is no charge to attend.

BUt to "TEACH" and take time away from doing my deals, putting food on my table to help others.. not so much.How long..