But again, I'm just a kid, and I'm sure people who have been in this game a lot longer in SoCal than I have (like @Matt R. and @Steve Short above) can give some better advice.Thanks for sharing your purchase Logan.

Find ways to encourage your difficult decisions and be selective of the people you spend time with. 

As they say "numbers don't lie" but some in this game edit numbers let's say when financial gain in their favor.

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Right outside this will be a good sized game room with a fireplace, sitting area and sufficient space for pool table or other games.  

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We also host 'Cash Flow Game Days' - the Robert Kiyosaki Game and have Happy Hours, Field Trips, etc.Anyways, my own story - last year I purchased a SFR after networking on BP and doing my own research for about 6 months.I wrote about how I selected a market in this BP Blog Post that I wrote:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/6526/blog_post...Our next meetup is going to be on Oct 17, Seoul, Gangnam. 

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I have been out of the credit/loan game for a while so I won't disagree with the authorized user thing, but the last time I paid attention, I heard they had pretty much closed that approach.