I have been listening to the podcast and am getting really excited to learn all about the different ways to earn additional income as a real estate investor.

At the very least it is both going to surpass income from my other (2) businesses and for ROI on my time it's the most profitable.  

Buy more cash flowing properties with that to offset any mortgage costs(aka increase income).

Hello all - I recently became interested in real estate investing to generate passive income.

I have been considering an IRRRL on my primary residence to drop the rate on my VA Jumbo loan, but received a flyer in the mail today advertising 100% LTV cash out (appraisal and income verification required) with the same rate I have seen on the IRRRL product.

Yes the San Diego market can be a tough one to get started in, if you decide to invest out of state choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.

Eventually I want to learn everything I possibly can to make income in real estate.

My understanding of investing in REITs is that the returns are taxed as regular income as opposed to capital gains.

@Jeff Thompsonwhen you sell investment owned by the IRA - the gains are sheltered from taxes (because IRA is tax-deferred vehicle) and when IRA-owned investment produce income or cash-flow - it must flow into the IRA and also will be sheltered from taxes (unless the income is unrelated business taxable income). 

I currently own a few rentals in different states, but since getting my real estate license i have started looking at family and friends for prospecting new deals as a new agent.I have a family member who has been renting houses for as long as i can remember between her and her boyfriend, but they both have some bad credit due to falling behind a few years back after both losing their jobs and juggling life for a while tell they found new jobs.I am a bit unsure about this idea still due to the fact that i have been running numbers on multi-family homes to purchase in the near future and turn into rentals, but i want to help them if it's a viable idea...I wanted to get your opinion on maybe purchasing a house based on their needs and running a lease option on the house for them to purchase down the road when they have the credit again....Right now they are renting a 3/1/1 for $1200/month and there is a lot of 3bed houses around them that are in the 100k and below that would meet the needs of them, im just worried about buying the house for them tieing up my own money and not have enough financing available to continue purchasing investment properties as my rental income from all my current rentals is my only income coming in right now as i start the career of an agent.