This is NOT all about the number of transactions, but more about having the perspective of holding real estate over long durations, living as an investor through both a hot market and a cold market, witnessing first hand how their different investments behave, and thus learning how they can generate returns and hedge their risks in each part of the cycle.

Start making connections wit investors here and stay put to date on the market and you will know where to invest and what to invest in.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7320-N-Ola-Ave-T...This is really a nice place to live with a beautiful view across the river, with neighbors that have torn down and built three story homes with docks worth up to a million.

Yes, all of that I will take into consideration.I guess I'm scared to invest in myself because I literally witnessed my Realtor failing, and he told me you have to fork out $2K per year to renew everything.

We have definitely been intrigued already by the natural beauty and large amount of interesting properties.

For years now I have been investing in real estate while sketching - playing with pastels - experimenting with charcoal and electronic art -----  (see me on Flickr) --- I have discovered that many of my investors friends are also creative in the arts and that creativity splashes over to real estate investing and development of creative real estate ideas and profits.A friend - Steve Ferrandi - a commercial broker is a poet, he has beautiful book called "Seared With Ink".So many dreamscontained within a handfull of cornspread under a pink sunriseto white chickenswalking on dewy grassin the fresh air of the countryby the man released from his Brooks Brothers suit.I though it be interesting to see what your art is ..... and share some ideas and maybe connect art and investing - what's your artful story?

Trees are beautiful.....until they die.

Beautiful people with great personality.

I'm sure there are many that envy you right now for having the wits about you to get into something like investing at age 18.I'm 24 myself and I can't even begin to tell you how valuable those 6 years are, and even I am still young!

That's what the beauty of it is.