Hello, my name is Derek Curtis and I'm a physical therapist assistant from Springfield, MO!

Ok,Im a home health Physical therapist and have the opportunity to cruise through many neighborhoods a day and think i have found a home that may benefit a whole sale specialist.

Looking to re-energize myself again in the knowledge and power of real estate. 

I've seen these types of business arrangements executed before whereby lawyers, therapists, barbers, CPA's, etc establish their businesses in "historical" districts (for lack of a better descriptive) and in some cases live in the same building or in the mother-in-law building out back.

You have landed in a great spot to get energized about real estate investing.

Good evening BP,I work full time as a teacher, part time as a behavioral therapist and I am a church musician.

(note: I am living in Roseburg, OR right now, but as a travel therapist, will be moving to WA very soon)

I live in a very rural area north of Asheville, NC which does not have much going on as far as real estate movement so I’m looking at other areas.Asheville is hot right now and has set record sales/prices for 2015.This has put the little inventory that is available out of my price range.Asheville would be my long term goal.According to Zillow (which I’m not sure how accurate it is) market health index for Asheville is 9.4/10.Other areas I’m considering are Greenville, SC (market health index 7.8/10 ) and Johnson City, TN (index of 5.9/10), both with more inventory in my price range.Asheville is 35 minutes from my house, Greenville 2 hours, and Johnson City 1 hour.I have made contact with a realtor in the Greenville area and that area really looks like it has potential.I am a Nurse and my wife is a Physical Therapist so we have W2 income and would not need to live off flipping.I also have 3 days off a week to manage rehabs, plus downtime at work for research/studying markets.

Hello BP Community, I'm new to 'actively' investing in real estate and looking to soak up as much as I can from the incredible knowledge base of the BP community.  I stumbled into real estate investing out of college ...

In fact, it's the person you should be trying to pay more.This is the guy who brings you deals or sells your property. 1-2% on a property is nothing compared to how energized your realtor will be for you.So you knock his commission down, do you really think he'll bring you the next deal he sees?