It may as well be you.Are you on Facebook?

I have it so I may as well at least look into it!

@Maya Bulleit, Good questions!

Sounds like yo may a plan, but if you don't Decide which kind of investor you want to be (SFR, Commercial, Land, Tax Liens, Passive, HML, Multi-Family, Notes, Fix & Flip, Buy & Hold, “Subject To”, apartments, duplexes, assisted living, REOs, Foreclosures, Short Sales), etc.

There are many Americans investing in the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

A high efficiency gas furnace or heat-pump in an uninsulated Victorian building (<25% efficient) is going to cost you more to operated than electric resistance heating in a well insulated and properly air-sealed building.If a landlord is not going to improve the building envelope, then they want to go with the cheapest (not necessarily most efficient) to operate heating system ... if you are going to readily loose 50%+ of your heat, you may as well make it as cheaply as you can.

So with me having tons of experience filing FOIA's, I thought, "Hell, I may as well save $400 and do it myself, if all they do is file a FOIA to get this info."

Welcome to BiggerPockets Maya and good luck investing!

I also have a very good attorney, who specializes in real estate, so I'm hoping he can help me identify any red flags or give me a heads up as to anything I need to know.I figure I may as well look at the property.  

I know I'll never know everything, but I've got some time before I can reasonably start buying anything so I may as well learn as much as I can.Alex, regarding the forum you mentioned, is that open to newbies, or only established investors?