<<Umm… I suppose as long as we newbies keep finding this website and don’t think to use a “search” option? If questions from newbies bug you, then don’t read them. And if you must respond, please don’t act annoyed, unless of course, your whole point is to make newbies feel stupid, or to turn them off to this site. >>
Nichole,
Exactly right, my WHOLE point in life is to make Noobies feel stupid…please go back and read my posts…I think that you’ll find that this is not the case, in fact, it is just the opposite.
I have made literally hundreds of posts and they are for the most part constructive and helpful. I get lots of thanks both on-line and off-…I always help Noobies when I can. However, not a week goes by that this same question (or a very close variation of it) is posted:
“I have no (money, job, credit – please pick two from the menu)…I want to get rich in real estate.” Usually followed by the inference that the poster wishes to do so with little or no effort on their part (to include reading, studying, networking, or any sort of labor involving dirty hands) and, oh yeah, they’d like that by next week at the latest.
I told the poster what he should do…I would tell you what I think you should do but I will refrain because my mother doesn’t like me talking that way.
My advice remains the same: READ THE SITE – the whole thing. Study, read, read, study, rinse and repeat. If you’re not ready for the effort involved in reading, you’re certainly not ready for the effort involved in REI. Get your finances in order or at least in some sort of decency. Investing in real estate without the knowledge can just as easily make you broke as it can make you rich – maybe even more so! It is not a get rich quick and get out thing. The bottom line is you MUST do SOMETHING!
Questions from Noobies don’t bother me at all…I willing share any information that I have that I believe relevant…you may take it or leave it as you see fit…
Keith