He will be focusing mostly on our Landlording, Development/Land/Construction, & Commercial areas, but of course, as always, you'll see him all over the site.Please follow him here on the site and welcome Jon to the team!

But if you stay focused, and don’t give up for something else that looks easier, you can succeed.

Being an entrepreneur is in my family and in my blood.Many people in my family are business owners or inventors.Where some people see SECURITY in a JOB I see restraint and boredom.I have always been a free thinker with an imagination and passion for creating things and learning to do things better.My first business was a car audio business at 19 years of age.I would in the years leading up to that pester this other car audio owner multiple times a week.I learned a lot from him just hanging out.He didn't mind as he knew my dad was killed in a car wreck when I was 16.College is theory and learning from people doing it everyday is real world.The first 2 years of college is just a rehash of stuff you already know.I made straight A's in high school so I already had the discipline and the smarts.After to going to college for awhile me and my other friends just didn't see spending years there when we could grow our businesses.I think college degrees are great if you know the demand for the specific job will be out there when you graduate.People that go to college think about getting into it but do not plan for the exit and the debt involved.College is an investment just like anything else and can be a bad investment if you spend time focused on the wrong majors etc.I do not believe sending kids to college to "figure things out" while they rack up huge student loans that they cannot get rid of through bankruptcy.

Hence they will effectively outbid the investors who focus on cash flow as the determiner of value.If investors want to invest in such areas cash flow is not a good measure.

If you happen to be in high priced area consider investing at a distance (its own set of problem), changing your focus to commercial or other property types or invest but not as a buy and hold investor.To finish I know one investor who is more of a rehab investor.

I will order his program; just didnt have it at the time and Rnetals arent my focus right now

Your focus on little debt and good credit will go a long way.

Derek, :welcome: Assuming you are 18, focus on establishing an income and credit.The credit takes time to build.

Since you already bought your first condo, it might be a good start for you to just concentrate on doing that for a while and focus on finding deals with good cashflow and appreciation opportunities.

He is not focused on foreclosure related judgments.I will see if I can get some time later to read the full thread and add any comments that make sense.