Meanwhile, study the listings in your area intently, check out what is popping up on Craigs List, look for real estate companies with web sites and study how they pitch their properties, go visit some apartment properties, drive around and survey your area, etc. etc.I also like having partners.

From what I am told it helps people be able to find you, your products or services easier when they are using phones to surf the web.

First, your photo gallery is private, so nobody can see it but you.Second, you're trying to use the link to the page that shows the picture rather than the picture itself.For my first picture above, the page that shows the picture is:http://www.biggerpockets.com/photos/show/685Go to that page, then do a "right mouse button" to bring up the browser's page menu.

I have been researching the web for about a month now on how to begin investing in real estate.

My background is in web dev and online marketing.

If you have a web site, you may want to have your policies publicly available.

We simply fill out a web form for each property as we acquire and dispose of them.

I don't think Shawn has a publicly posted speaking schedule, but you can get more info about what he's up to in the short term at his web site: http://www.investorsworkshops.com/events

It's also been stated that the buyers are sophisticated, that they run "their own numbers" for expense assumptions, so it really doesn't matter if these expenses are included in the web site illustrations.

Brad: For a resource to learn more you can go the web site for the co. that set up my SDIRA: Guidantfinancial.com