Your mind is powerful because you are obviously very intelligent, but with a powerful mind such as yours you, if you try hard enough, can convince yourself of anything - even of paying more than you know you should.

I looked for similar forums in my area but although there are groups and associations, none seem to have forums like this one.My current job is IT consultant in the Business Intelligence domain.

Who in your family had the financial intelligence to make the trust fund possible?

I'm currently having informational interviews, and beginning to search for internships and entry-level positions.Beyond that, I plan to start investing in real estate and building my portfolio, as soon as it's feasible and I can do it in an intelligent, informed way.

If the property cash flows decently while being leveraged, I would 100% do it.I'd completely ignore Dave Ramsey on this topic, he preaches all debt is bad, but debt in this scenario is intelligent.

. 😢 I hope to increase my knowledge to make income and more intelligent purchase decisions in the future. 

. 😢 I hope to increase my knowledge to make income and more intelligent purchase decisions in the future. 

It's really an intelligent way to think about rental rehabs, I couldn't get my head around it until I saw what you wrote. 

Some are intelligent investors with radically different goals than you.  

Awesome buddy… You seem very intelligent and informed.