I think that's a great way to gain more knowledge about the industry and get your foot in the door.Be sure to check out Brand Turner's article: How to Start Investing In Real Estate at a Young Age (or a “Young at Heart” Age) See you around the forums!

At this point there was no way I was going to pull up linoleum and refinish floors so instead we purchased dark gray industrial carpet.

Therefore, my short-term goals are to network here in the Orlando area and soak up as much information on the industry as possible.I came across the BiggerPockets forums via the podcast, which was a suggestion from a fellow BP newbie (Samuel Muñiz).

I thought I would have some equity to pull but I am shocked that i cannot pull from that...I called a buddy of mine in the banking industry and he told me I could pull about 9-10k...Learn something new everyday.The location of the two single family homes is a 50/50 type area...There are some good parts and some bad parts...they are near the Uni of Memphis so that zip code seems to hold its value pretty well.  

After reading a lot about the REI industry I feel like this is this perfect fit for me.

I would like as much knowledge of the industry as well as just trying to get a license, but i have no interest in trying to sell property.

I have attended a few seminars that always pitched a system that they were selling smh, but the only thing I wanted to know was, What is my first step in getting started in the Real Estate Industry?

As a new user I am very happy to be sharing conversation with colleages within the real estate industry at large.

Another option is to look into taking out ads in industry related news letters & ezines, contact directly the list owners and possibly pull off a JV with them.Sometimes there is just not a clear cut solution for some industries, thats when you really need to look at cross promotional type approaches.

With the lending industry so tight, havent found a signle loan that will work since then.