I became interested in real estate after a friend told me to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

There are of course methods for buying and selling real estate without involving traditional banks, but if you want to be a successful investor you'll need that good credit at some point.

If it were me I'd wait until I were here so I can do the traditional home walk throughs and make sure you pick the right home and neighborhood for you and your kids.

A very good book to read is Rich Dad Poor Dad it will give you some "Tackling Fuel" like Adam Sandler said in the movie Water Boy!!!

The other is a large house that I am currently converting into a three family which is also not eligible for more traditional loan because it was recently given as inheritance (two years from date of acquisition is what banks have told me).

(Modern, Traditional, Craftsman, Ranch, or?)

Hi All, My partner and I have been going back and forth and how to invest some funds.We could potentially free up  ~450k to spend on real estate and at that time could have three traditional mortgages left.We need on average 9.5% return to hit our goal with this money including property management and some realistic (to fairly pessimistic) numbers for maintenance, insurance, vacancy etc.The problem we are running into is the places we typically buy are pretty cheap SFH.

Again he does not promise it will be easy nor riches, but his famous saying "someone is making money with _____, why not you?"

Does anyone happen to know the  percentages   on traditional vs  'creative' real estate sales and  traditional ( bank ) vs creative  ( options, lease options, seller financing ) real estate financing?   

My interest started about a month ago when a friend convinced me to read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad".