You'll want to especially hang outin the parts of the forum devoted to financing and notesand anything related to that.Read the posts, ask your questions, and join in the discussions.Again, Welcome.

Can anybody advise as to which strategies in RE will work best during the current S.California market, and equally important - how best to avoid all the "Guru" scam artists out there and find a legitimate source of mentoring.Thanks all.

Remember the "old Florida land scams" back in the 1960's?

Again: I am not suggesting that YOU would commit fraud... but there are scam artists that might try to take advantage of you.

All of the "free credit report" sites I've looked at seem to be scams that want you to join some service.Also, I have a very high paying part time job right now that I pretty much lucked into but am thinking that it would be a good idea to work in a real estate office or mortgage company or as an assistant to a real estate agent or something like that while I finish school so that I can learn as much about RE as possible in the next couple of years, but all of those types of jobs pay about $10-$12 per hour and I'm making $20.00 per hour now.

Is that a scam?

There is a forum on this site devoted to realtors and bestpractices and I'm sure you'll not only get a lot out of thatsection but have lots to contribute too.Be sure to put your URL for your website in your signature,or at least your name and phone info and let the networking begin!

Well, I guess I'm stupid b/c the site is a scam offering nothing that it promises.

We've got a page devoted to section 8 resources, and if you do a search for section 8, you will find several discussions.

Every question is one more potential stumbling block for the new investor… and a way for a less-than-honest person to scam that new investor.