Hello everyone my name is Will and I would like to say that I really like this forum and thank you for helping people who are just starting out or are thinking about starting like me.Well, not long ago I was in a dilemma between taking Animation or Real Estate, well that is no more for I have decided to go for REI, I am a full-time legal clerk I work for my parents managing their immigration business here in LA despite the love* I get from older employees/co-workers I manage and everything is under control.Now what I was wondering is how can you get started in REI since I work full-time and I can’t leave my job cause if I do there will be no one to watch out for the business, thing is I want to see how much you would need to start investing after learning the process that is, if say I had $5,000 or even $10,000 in hard cash which I know is not much, but is there any way and I mean any way one could start investing with that kind of money off the bat?

If anyone is wondering, the areas in question are the M-streets/East Dallas and nicer areas of Oak Cliff.

I agree with the above poster, these answers are very straightforward.

I realize that many people won't be interested in this topic (we didn't sell any real estate :D), but I thought some of you might have wondered where I've been.

Wonderful post!!

Hello, just wondering if anyone knows of a real estate investment group in Cincinnati, would really like to find one and start networking more and more.

I was wondering what rights I have if I am buying the property with previous rental agreements in place.

Real estate investing strategies are so numerous it's hard to "pick" one.the problem with "picking" a real estate investment strategy is they're not like mutual funds. to be a real estate investor, you've got think like a businessman. a businessman or entrepreneur, is a control freak - they want to figure everything out and have the satisfaction of control.real estate investment strategies do not match the modern-day "investor"...people with 401k's who "pick" a portfolio are not investors. heck, the portfolio managers are not entrepreneurs, they're employees of a HUGE company and they manage these gigantic funds with so many different companies, it's no wonder there's no money in mutual funds.real estate investment strategies involve looking at CASH FLOW.

Something is doubly fishy here, but my wife and I are new to this, and wondering how to handle this type of seller.

I wonder if they will pay him back $100,000 then tell him the investment has gone bad and so sorry.