Until now, my real estate investing has been sloppy and amateur.

Not for the amateur investor.

If you think hiring a professional is expensive, just wait till you try using an amateur.

Simply glancing at one headline number to conclude everything is fine is perhaps better than the intuition based approach your correctly lambaste, but it is a tell tale sign of amateur analysis.

After going to this meeting it was comforting to meet with local investors, but they seemed so amateur and weren't really doing a ton of deals. $20,000 I think could be better spent doing deals, but I'm nervous to just start on my own without seeing how experienced investors estimate rehab costs and what to do as far as work when comparing comps.

Mold's most enthusiastic amateur dangermongers are typically homeowners or investors who have been sold on expensive mold remediation schemes.

The property must be modern, well furnished (professionally unless you are a very good amateur), well located, have all amenities possible (usually a pool here, unless very urban), and have proper bed counts for the space (sleeps as many as possible without overextending the water heater, looking like a gypsy camp).6.

Amateurs.... complete amateurs.Prior to this, both my wife and I had our own accounts at BofA.

In fact for slow motion video you cant get on par with a new iphone, until you hit studio level recording gear.I certainly agree, if you need quality photos for luxury home listings or whatever, you may certainly get better value out of hiring a "guy" for a hour...But if you want to dabble in amateur video/photography and or spruce up the quality of your quick pics, you cant go wrong with an iphone (and a cradle, and a lens, and several lighting options, and a class, and a book, and a desire to learn the skill)  

I am very new to this and want to do some "amateur" stuff before I decide if I should get professional videos done.My wish list is:Low cost or free at first but will pay if I likeNeed to merge two videos, 1 from web cam & 1 from camera, on occasionEasy format to upload to youtubeThe obvious cut and paste edit stuffAny suggestions?