Sharing stories/experiences/tips from my work is absolutely what reinforces me as an asset to the team of any investor I work with.  

The human brain is always in 100% support of it's host, so if you say you can't ___, your brain cements that as a fact, and places into subconsciousness that it is a fact that you can not, which reinforces your beliefs, and it becomes a spiral of a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

To me, this reinforces my point of differences between an investor and an employer/employee...I don't think people take for granted the issues a Contractor's overhead and costs... 

Not $148,000 if you took 37% of $400k.Again, not saying i'm for taxes, but I think many people overestimate what they think they pay vs what they actually pay.You are reinforcing my point. 

I approach this first as a real estate investor, and then use my expertise as a litigation lawyer to reinforce my investment strategies.

I like the "Overall statement that BP is a positive and reinforcing forum", yes it is...Account Closed, I think the idea of getting a "steal...of a deal" totally blinded you from seeing that this man had just lost his wife and of course elderly.

This will clarify and reinforce what you are reading.

This thread has really reinforced the concept that I need to build more relationships in the RE world and the value that those personal relationships can have in significantly accelerating my growth. 

THAT capital will reinforce a pricing floor on "safe" assets with meaningful risk adjusted returns.

I am currently looking for my first multifamily investment and your experience just reinforced for me that even though I am new to the world of real estate investing, there is no reason why I can't make this happen.