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Make sure to check out how "landlord friendly" a state is before investing there. Some states make evictions very difficult.

In reviewing the latest Orlando Real Estate statistics, there is a concern that house prices are rising so fast that they are becoming out of reach for the average citizen. If this continues, banks' loan business will eventually falter and there will be pressure on them (and the government) to ease lending criteria further (they have already dropped credit score requirements to 580 in some cases). 

Does this sound familiar (2005/2006/2007)?

What do the voices of BP think?

Roshard Jones
Thanks for your response. I have found one lender but out of pocket will be close to 15k. Is this typical closing costs for hard money?

Hi I'm Todd. I'm 35 years old, happily married to the love of my life with two incredible boys, 6 and 10 years old.  I live in Gainesville Fl, born and raised a Gator. And I'm ex-arm. 

I have always aspired to become a real estate investor and was always told "well you have to be rich to make money in real estate". 

I once owned a small sub-contract construction co and have built home from the ground up. I've done many remodels, additions, decks and pergolas ect...  but to no one's fault but my own I was unable to keep the business afloat when real estate plummeted a few years ago.

So now I work for the dredging and beach restoration industry and spend weeks and sometimes more than a month away from my family. So I can provide for them. The one good thing I can say has come out of this is I have had lots of time to read.  And read I have. I've read three real estate books already and the more I read the more passionate I become about it. I've learned there are ways to come in to this dream game. I've took interest in pre-foreclosure and wholesaleing with creative financing like "subject to" to hopefully get a foot in the door. 

I have not done a deal yet but .  I want to be a real estate investor full-time, and I'm going to do it for my family and myself. I'm all in. 

As far as paid media, these are the engines that produce lead flow:

1) AdWords (Google Search advertising)
2) Direct Mail (e.g., to Absentee Owners, etc.)
3) Outdoor advertising (billboards, bandit signs, car wraps)
4) TV advertising (can be very targeted now, and cost effective)

For free, people post on Craigslist and as a result it's kind of a wasteland.  If you put ads on Craigslist, do/say something DIFFERENT than the dozens of others posting the same "I Buy Houses Fast for Cash" ads. 

Hi, my name is Heather. I'm 25 years old and I work full time as a speech-language pathologist at a skilled nursing facility. I have just started researching different ways to invest in real estate and I'm most interested in purchasing a single family home to live in for a year and then rent out.  I look forward to this educational journey.

Peace all, my name is Mike and I just wanted say that this site is so helpful and the community is very supportive. I am looking into REI in both NY and Florida (Looking to move their permanently by Spring 2018). I just completed my real estate course for NY salesperson and scheduling my exam later today.

I have already signed up for this upcoming webinar and read some blog posts.

Peace.