Hello, Everyone,I ran across this Real estate website, and wanted to learn about real estate purchasing, and after I realized that the seminar was a waste of my time.

I ran a title search and found out Wells Fargo owns the property.

I ran across 2 potential deals:Lehigh: $70k-- 3 bedroom, single family, rents can be @$899/month (no tenants yet)Duplex in Philly-- N. 12th st. tenants in place total income $1475, cost of home $85KWhich deal is better?  

It could cashflow if I added a bedroom in the basement.I'm a fairly conservative investor: a minimum of 20% COC, 2% rule, with a good buy and/or multiple exit strategies.I actually discovered BiggerPockets because I ran into issues purchasing my first two condos - I could not get the bank to finance the second condo because there was too many rentals within he complex. 1) Condo (1/1) - purchased w/ 5% down as an owner occupied property (one of my best properties)2) Condo (2/2) - got denied so I got creative and used the checks that credit cards sent you (25k) from three different cards, begged friends, and had about 15k in my bank.

You should place value on culture, track record, transparency, meet the team, get to know the area, ask tough questions, be very diligent.

Great learning experience but hard way to learn that people and culture is everything.

Hello everyone,  Let me begin by saying, I am glad I ran across this site and I look forward to networking and making building new friendships.A little about myself; I retired from the Army last year and decided to make Charlotte home. 

Hi Kit, I am with Keller Williams and they have a great culture.

Race and more importantly culture are essential to building communication, when people pretend it isn't they are missing out on valuable texture and content.

I ran some deals by him and he was willing to loan to an LLC on a SFR.