Learn from them and build up your bankroll until you can start up a well funded marketing campaign.OR2) Find an investor/rehabber to partner with, and have them fund the marketing, and they get first dibs on all deals, and a cut out of anything that gets wholesaled. ( This one might be tough unless you have a relationship with someone like this already)You could also door knock, this only costs you time and gas money.When I did my first few deals as a real estate agent, I needed tons of help along the way.

So, the first step is to build up some experience.

If you build up a reputation as a Great Real Estate CPA, and that you invest too you'll probably get clients that want to do JV's with you!

Once I learn the ropes a bit and build up some capital, I'm interested in buying and rehabbing historical homes to sell or rent.

I thought I should wait some to build up a nest egg, but from what I'm seeing here, I may not need to make a down payment.

They were also short on ink. :)

Because people do tend to come and go in the real estate "game" it can take a while to build up credibility with the old-timers in your area.

For me its the buy and hold, but I certainly see the value in fix and flip to build up the cash to buy the long term investment properties.Welcome to BP, and I would say move to Milwaukee!!

I dont have a 401k or pension or anything due to this business, so I'm going to build up a rental portfolio to cover long term retirement costs.

The place we just did there was a lot of carbon build up in the furnace, filter looked like it had not been replaced in a year, more fire hazards.