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In the Beginning

Tuesday, October 14

I got turned on to real estate investing when I was house sitting during college in the mid '80s (yep, last millennium) for the parents' of a friend.  I found an REI course by Ed Beckley stuck in their den book case.  I read it, copied it, applied the techniques and then quit.  Cold calling FSBOs...