I spent money I didn't have on a credit card I shouldn't have used.

Duplex printer...prints on both sides.I just got the NeatScanner for receipts and business cards, so I can't comment on it yet.My most used software is FileCenter Professional.  

Get the address of the home owner and send out a letter, or a post card stating that you want to buy their property.

let me tell you a story, gustavo. learn what you can from it, or just simply pass it off as one mans luck. 11 years ago, i started out on real estate investing. i had $2000 in my bank account. the bank said i had to keep $300 in it to avoid monthly charges. so, i had $1700 to invest. we went to look at a house listed on the hud.gov website. right next door was a boarded up house. hadn't been lived in for like 100 years, so it looked. i contacted the local tax authority and found out that they owned it thru back tax reposession. ( keep that in mind) along with this, they owned 2 other houses. i went to  look at all 3. i ended up buying that house for the $1700, but kept one of the others in mind also. i got a credit card for $4400 limit. fixed up the first house with that money. what i didn't already know about fixing up houses, i learned by doing this one. i have owned that house for 11 years now, took out a loan on it for a small amount to pay off the credit card and give me some money to move on to the next one. the tenants pay the payment and taxes thru their rent, and i still own that house to this day. i bought the second house too......... for $500. thats right, you did not mis-read that, it was $500. the city just wanted it off their books. i spent about $5000 fixing that place up, rented it for about 5 years and then sold it for $10,000. my point here is, gustavo, you can start with next to nothing and make it work. you just have to believe in what you are doing and let nothing stop you. you are going to run into brick walls that try to stop you. there is an " almost real" force out there that seems like it just wants to stop you in your tracks. push on, let nothing stop you. get it into your head that you are going to do this no matter what stands in your way. i just sold a flip house in may for a $41,000 profit and i am now sitting with that in the bank. you can do this too. just get started.

A library card is a powerful thing.

My last purchase the county still got it wrong and sent the "automatic" homestead card - once a homestead is applied they don't have the home owner fill out for it again - it's automatically done - at least in my town.You have to dig a little deeper to make sure you know the potential taxes you will incur.

Get 3 $5k credit cards in the LLC with you personally guaranteeing them.

To me that is no different than when at a REIA meeting somebody comes up to you handing out a business card and then running off without saying a word - that's not somebody you want to bother with. 

My antenna went up immediately when she wanted 'Up Front' money, and tried to use the religious, compassion card!

.- 18 years old, little to no credit (just got my credit card a month ago) I work for my grandpa's construction company (have also been working there for a month) I don't have much money saved at the moment but with this job I will be able to save around $1,000 a month.