By the end of this month, I’ll have saved up around $25,000, and I’m really eager to break into real estate.If you were in my shoes, how would you use that 25k to get started?

Then you get to file not one but TWO state income tax returns followed by the franchise fees and registration fees in Illinois.If I were in your shoes I would start researching the Illinois Land Trust to hold title to your properties.

The return on investment for MU's are higher than for single and this might give you the edge necessary to get financial interest.This is what I would do if I were in your shoes. 1.

What would you do if you were in my shoes?

. , I think most of us have been in your shoes with this scenario.

Adam Kroll It sounds like you are looking for employment in the construction industry.If I were in your shoes I would search out new construction and see who is doing it and then contact them about employment. 

So, having been in your shoes, here is what you need to actually find out:Will your grandmother actually oust your uncle?  

These things may or may not help us in the bush, as they are federal not state supported.If I were in your shoes in Anchorage or somewhere depending heavily on the slope, or construction workers for renters, I would try to asses how low of a rent base my properties could support, and look at WHO my tenants are. 

One of the best educators i found years ago when I went to 7 real estate meetings a month, sat in the back and had grassed stained tennis shoes and a t-shirt on, with Levi jeans.

Had I been in @John Elmenhe's shoes, I would work for an experienced real estate investor...even for free.