Hi Brian, You have numerous options and resources to choose from at your disposal.

Sure, location, cash flow potential etc. but numerically, is there a sweet spot?

I am sure we will be conversing on numerous topics in the near future.

You're already in the right place to have the help you are requesting, just keep hopping into these forums and ask questions, read posts and comment and as @Mindy Jensen mentioned, you'll find yourself in communication with local investors who you may be able to do some work with & for over the next couple years to really get your feet wet in the industry.

Good to get your feet wet, but also the type of property that can turn you off to real estate.

Now it is time for me to get my feet wet and do this on my own, I hope to get help when I need it in this world of Real Estate.

@Justin Larpenteur, I had never heard of EIFS before (and I don't think it is used anymore) but this was in the Chicago area, which is very wet.

I think the main thing is for investors to have some sort of numerical value, regardless of what the seller calls it, to evaluate property. 

I have also listened to Gary Keller book, Rich Dad, Think and Grow Rich, 4 Hour Work Week, and numerous other business books.

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