Anyway over the new few months I will be selling the house, leaving my IT job, and moving upstate to try and make somthing out of real estate investing.

The listings agents job is to get the property sold not to do your DD.

Can you get a hourly wage job in an office just to get yourfeet wet?

I recently started a full time job.

The only way pick is the traditional methods which are credit report, job history, rental history and hope that they are accurate indicators of future performance.

do you have a job that pays you income?

cyndi,if you buy an "ugly house" you just have to make sure it isn't too "ugly" and thus in need of a large amount of work.if you or a partner can do the work - and manage to spend about 6000 on materials (paint job, rugs, doors, some appliances, ceiling fans, a tile floor, and a few other splurgy/nice items) - then this strategy is definitely doable.qualifier - it's easier said than done to find these deals, because the we buy ugly houses guys buy'em all up!!

I do quite abit of traveling for my job, and see several billboards that are consistenly occupied.

Making sure that the tenants and property are cared for is MY job.

Well actually it would depend on the job.