For now it's cheaper for them to stay home till they have created a life and a career for themselves. 

Foreign investors and career flippers who sell 5-10 a month take just 5-10k profit making it harder for new investors to compete, as well as other investors putting in high bids.

Non of us likes to be sold and yet as I have said on other posts , I have spent a good part of may career hireing and training salesman and sales managers, I am in awe at the level of salesmanship exhibited as some of these seminars.The inforamtion to be gained and the motivation that the confidence gained elicits (even false confidence) is a call to action for many.There are many Gurus whos material is worth the $97, some may be usefull at $997 and there are many tralented trainers and mentors.

hi michael  i'm in a similar spot and wondering how you made out with this and if your REI career has progressed the way you'd hope until now, 7 years later (7/2109)thanks

No doubt it takes some amount of a "leap of faith" to change your career path and can seem daunting.

Michelle SantiagoThere are a lot of factors which go into the financing term, including, your age, your tolerance for risk, where you are in your invetsment career, whether the property can carry the financing.But I general I have always thought to borrow the most money for the longest term possible, like 30 years, fixed interest rate.Exceptions to that might be you're retiring soon, planning on selling the property soon, in which case I probably would go to the expense of re-fi at all.On the other hand I do like the 15 year terms, and the interest rate is lower.

As an investor with a demanding non RE career, I see what I'm doing now as a phase in my plan - getting from point A: being completely dependent on the income from my job, to point B: the milestone at which my RE income is high enough to support me and my family.

I have been slowly emerging myself into investment real estate over the last 3 years but I want to make a bigger commitment and transition to a full time career.

To be able to fully customize the idx for your website is very exciting to me and can give competive advantage is my area.My previous career before becoming a broker is 12 years in the ecommerce industry.

Once my bird dogs gain some experience, I move on to teaching them negotiating and contracting DEALS.My career went from bird dog to wholesaling to hustling the whole house.