I know Gene Guarino is THE AUTHORITY when it comes to RAL, but before committing to the hands-on workshop in Arizona, I'd like to dive deeper into the numbers and address a few questions I have.

So this begs the question: how do you network and build a team when you aren’t ready to dive in?

How long were you thinking about doing real estate before diving in headfirst?

The plus side being that my home has increased substantially which has allowed me to use a HELOC to purchase my first multifamily. 

While this argument might have been effective 30 years ago, the landscape is substantially different today.  

Now, it's substantially much more positive! 

When houses are going up in value substantially, you want to leverage the equity growth.

@Patrick Zane McLure you would exhaust yourself too fast because in this short term there isn’t much income.I would take a 30 year loan, work on the terms when you resell the property too so every person gets its cut.Take a c or b- building that are a bit run down, multi units are very easy to increase value fast when you fix them up (lot of multi units that are worth 700k when they were bough were sold for double after 1-2 years - read about the repositioning multi unit strategy)Read books about it before diving in, some multi unit that look renovated and brand new are usually not a good investment because theres no value to add to them and increase rent)

The deep dive on comps is incredibly helpful.

I'm also a new investor looking for a turnkey to get my feet wet before really diving into the investing game.