Books like The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller is great.

And a majority of the parcels being bought are in rural subdivisions that never fully built out they were retirement projects.. think of the movie Glen Gary Glen Ross. 

A lot of people choose to buy just over the border in Indiana (Hammond, Dyer, Munster, Gary, East Chicago).

Quote from @Gary Faraon: @Carolyn McBride greetings ma'am, I do believe HELOC is a mortgage product therefore, u should get a statement from the bank.

with maybe the exception of a parcel that is clearly served by city Sewer Water and have power and Tele / internet to the lot lines.. and you have double checked the hook up or Systems development charges and if they have capacity.. keep in mind many parcels in subdivisions that were basically built as recreational subdivisions decades ago.. ( think GLEN GARY GLEN ROSS and for sure watch that Movie is exactly how the industry was in those days) the original infrastructure was allowed to be built to maybe serve 20% of the development that was legal and now you have moratoriums and assessments etc etc..

Also, no "company towns" like Flint, Michigan or Gary, Indiana where a single employer can pull up shop and the town no longer has an economic driver.

It is called the One thing by Gary Keller

Quote from @Gary Mascitis: Quote from @Gina Coleman: Made an offer on an off-market portfolio consisting of 2 duplexes and 1 SF.

Originally posted by @GARY LEONARD JR:Originally posted by @Lenzy Ruffin:@Maikel Figueredo, I think you missed the point that @Adrien Chabot was making.

I'm learning a lot on here and taking not only the wealth of knowledge from Kiyosaki, but also his tax advisor Gary Sutton.