He would tell me sales prices of houses selling for 500k-1M on Grandview Ave in Pittsburgh he had the chance to buy for 50k 30 some years ago.When i was about 18 i started looking for my first project(rehab) hoping if i found the right deal i could sell it to a family member there were 4 amazing houses i came across but could not sell the idea to anyone there was even one house an old lady gene a friend of mine was going to sell me for $2500 that was rentable as is i could not come up with the money and she was scammed buy the RE investor i learned so much from he saw a good deal and took it. the house hunt never stopped i started showing more houses to my mom and she became more interested. 2005 was a terrible year along with a slow work year construction wise i lost my best friend, grandmother and father then my house ,car everything but my dog due to funeral expense's i realized life was to short and i would not wait to get into this business anymore i moved back in with my mom and became even more motivated to get a rehab going i showed my mom a property in summer 2006 and she became interested and helped me get the house it was almost condemned we bought it for 6k and brought it back from the dead if you visit my myspace page its the yellow house on the slide show Ive since done 2 more and I'm ready for many more I've decided this wont be a hobby i sleep RE literally. ill live in the streets if that means i can keep building this dream.

Welcome to the site, Gene.

Ditto to Gene's remarks.

I've also looked into Gene Towbridges stuff, which looks comprehensive, but when I talked to him on the phone, I didn't get the impression that he was that interested in it anymore himself.

Joel Block has a bi-annual symposium you may consider attending and others like Gene Trowbridge also give multi-day courses on this.

@Gene Hacker - Thanks for the advice.

Hi, All,Just a quick post, in hopes that even one person might be warned away from what I experienced.I just went thru a lot of lost cash and pain dealing with a fraudulent Credit Repair Agency (per FTC).The reason I'm posting this is just to hopefully help someone else by warning them away from these companies.Let's just say i wish someone had warned me about just ONE of the 36 companies described in this pdf file from the Federal Trade Commission....http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/10/081023sweeplist.pdfVernHere is an example I found posted on the web, described in this FTC document...I3SOLUTIONS.NET, GENE SCHWALEN: Cease & Desist issued to i3Solutions.net, Merle Eugene Schwalen III, by NC Attorney General.Item 1.

@Gene Murashko Thanks for the advice.

If you would like more information on how you can do this in CA or any state, send me a PM and I will direct you to some resources.Do Good and Do Well,Gene

Gene Guarino is the expert in this industry.