Hey guys I've actually been checking out BP for a few months but I didn't realize that there was an introductions forum until a few days ago, and I finally have some time to go ahead and introduce myself.Like a few others on here I am 27 so I am sort of at the beginning stages of my investing career.

My final advice would be to read some books on the subject of being a landlord and real estate investing.

He listed is 5 asset classes that he is currently involved in for this preparation: - Multi-family housing (apartments)- storage units- oil & gas- short terms loans/under a Year- gold & silverNow my question is, When EXACTLY is the right time to begin this preparation, when your finally pretty much done with investing?

I figure I'll talk to people before Analysis Paralysis kicks in.

I'm working towards a similar goal and what Jon has stated is pretty much the exact analysis i've done countless times.

Put all that on paper, then decide what education you need to get there.One final thing, my mentor offered a great package deal with tons of stuff and frankly I wasn't ready to take advantage of it in the time period of the initial package (6 months).

However you must remember that both of these are "Rules of Thumb" They are great for per-screening a deal but you should use actual numbers as much as you can for a final analysis of a deal.

Finally I agreed that I would have a name and phone number and address so if IRS got involved we could track people and have more reliability as to accountability in the contract projects.

Hey Guys, I am looking at buying my first investment property. I currently live in an 8-plex (2/1 units for $625) in a C+ neighborhood. The property I am looking at is a quadplex in a C/C- neighborhood. Here are the n...

Finally, we closed on a condo in St Paul, last week.