My real estate goals for 2018 are:1) Complete renovations and build garage for my primary residence, and get some cash out in a refinance. 2) Partner with a local Canadian investor who buys from Texas tax deed sales. 3) Take that new stream of cash and buy cashflowing rentals in the US (and actually pick a market!).

@Joel C. do the REI group ever live stream the meetings.

See the movie "Patch Adams" w Robin Williams.

The best way to amass large amounts of wealth is create multiple streams of income.

Then over the years for your retirement you want to build a min of seven streams of income from different entities, like 401k,Roth Ira ,Sep Ira, Check book Ira, Those should be set up first in some what that order.

I also think it should be combined with direct mail in order to create multiple streams of leads (throw in networking, news paper ads,etc...).Over the past 12 months I've really focused on building up my online presence.

I'm here to find and renovate/flip a number of smaller properties this year to quickly build up a full-time real estate investing business.I've been in the IT industry for about 15 years and I have recently found myself with a lot of spare time on my hands (my clients are well taken care of, so there's very few issues that need my constant attention), but the industry is changing, and and I am very motivated to add a new income stream.

On a good note, my buyers landing page has gave me a steady stream of buyers.

We are getting back into real estate (buy and hold) as our eventual income stream.

@James Wise I just tried to find that movie on Netflix, no luck.