this is awesome another area that will be full of foreclosures in the next 2-3 yearsill make sure I'm set up to buy all those beat up run down properties that the squatters destroyyou can give a man a fish but that doesn't mean he will learn to fish- get itI hope the government dumbs em down so bad that they will all need my housing- its not going to be cheapenjoy

Only 155k great place to start a bed and Breakfast camping could build a pond for fishing community garden raise animals store boats and trucks.

If there is one, then write it down and keep that in a safe place.First house I bought, I had to break in through a window (small town, Labor Day weekend - Locksmith's voicemail said he went fishing LOL). 

@Jeff Fishe, You're going to need to do a 1031 to shelter the taxes on the lots. 

RE, being in your home town or on any internet site, will have sharks, their mission in life is to eat little fish to survive.

Until you have experience with different investing models you might hook up with other experienced investors in the area who you can work with when needed.Glad you are taking action even before trying to learn it all.Simple tip: Become a big fish in a small pond.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

If the owner is an entity, research the entity.Also, there are plenty of fish in the sea.

I realize I'm a small fish with just a duplex starting out, but I hope to have 8-10 doors in Columbus by end of next year.

Like line in the water fishing.