You will select the institution that holds the funds, and when capital is not invested in non-traditional assets such as real estate or notes, you will determine how to keep that capital deployed.  

I've considered putting on my own meeting, but really I wouldn't know how to start because I don't know the format of a traditional meeting + I'm brand new to real estate investing, so I'd feel a little foolish of leading any type of meeting? 

I signed up for one of those free rich dad seminars in Houston a few weeks ago.

I know that written goals is an integral component of success it's just that I don't know exactly how to go about doing.I recently finished reading Think & Grow Rich and I want to create a goal sheet that I can review regularly.

I get emails often asking for advice on how to get rich quick in REI - I always say "when you find out, let me know!  

If you don't want to pay the higher interest rates for non-traditional (bank) money, then I don't really see a way around this.

My name is John Byrne and I have been interested in Real Estate investing since I was a freshman in college about 10 years ago when I had my first run in with the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book series.

There is many ways to get money. earn it, conventional loan, private lender or hard money lender this is the traditional side, then there the creative side. the creative side is owner finance, lease to own, partners, and etc.

I don't know that I would qualify for a traditional mortgage since I have a 1st on one rental, and a HELOC drawn on my own home for about 10% of the value.

This will get your seed money back and put the asset on a 20 year commercial non owner occ loan through your LLC or Corp.Rinse and repeat.I hope that helps.Have you read the rich dad poor dad series of books?