You might get a few Dave Ramsey books to read.

Waiting tables can be lucrative... and a great ground zero for making connections.I would start with reading books, following blogs and listening to podcasts before you spend money on a RE license.

I absolutely loved the book!

Setting up LLCs can get be expensive and create a lot of paperwork - each LLC files it's own taxes, etc.If you can't find what you're looking for here on BP, Nolo has a book "Every Lanlord's Legal Guide" that would be a good start.

@Brian ChristianAs Brandon said putting more on your profile, what type of small business and add a pic.Welcome.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Locate forums of interest.Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

Currently the book I'm reading is Frank Gallinelli's "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow" and I'm drooling over stuff on loopnet.

Get J.Scotts book on rehab costs, time lines, and order of doing projects.The order is cruial on some of the key components.

I tried buying the note directly from the bank but given that this bank is a large bank, I was given the runaround and the lower-rank employees who answer the phone say that they don't sell notes.I am willing to partner with and share my profit on this deal with anyone here who has ACTUAL experience buying Jumbo loan/note from a bank (please, do not answer if you just heard it from someone...or you read it from a book, or worse, learned it from the "gurus").

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You can also look for seller financed deals as a foreign investor with the cash down.If it's an out of the country investor or out of state I am getting some requests for sellers not go under contract until the buyer has seen the property and looked over the books first.