The closest Wal-Mart is about 22 miles east, in Moberly, which says to me there's probably not a lot of economic activity in Salisbury. 

The closest town of significant size is St.

. :)I also have a check out list for guests which include loading and running the dishwasher, taking out the trash, putting all the used towel in the closest tub etc.

I don't even have the necessary funds if I even knew how to find a deal and not to mention as soon as I let my closest friends know what I'm looking at doing I'm met with doubt at laughter.

"All steak and no sizzle" kind of guy. 

The closest thing I found was signing up for a webinar which would disclose how to access it.

The closest I can get to targeting is to target the area one street at a time.

The rule of thumb is going to be comparable sales and time on market, if average houses are selling for $X and a full rehab is selling for $Y then you need to be able to determine what kind of rehab is going to get you closest to $Y with spending the least amount of money.

With her commission and closing costs, I get about 110K The next closest one is listed at 124,900.

Try meetup.com.Then, if you still can't find one close to you, go to the one closest to you, show up early, and network with people to ask if they know of a group nearer to you.The problem with being mentored by a real estate agent who is investor friendly, is that they have a tendancy to convince you that a property will be worth more when finished than it really is, because their motivation is to get you to buy it in the first place.