Hi Sarah, funny you mentioned Costa Rica, I am a newbie investor, but I am also a Realtor.

Non paying tenants(as a newbie I did no screening), dead tenants, Silly fines from the city for nothing, attempted robberies where I ended up with the cops pulled guns on me. 30 recently released convicts as neighbors for a while, a jacked up 7' tall transvestite call girl/drug dealer was my least favorite neighbor.

Happy New Year all!   Now is my time to get rolling. No more lurking for me. Looking to build my community up and down I95 corridor in North Carolina. 

Both are enough for a newbie to get started, but neither is particularly good.

Hi, still new to the forums, please pardon any oddities in my post. I've tried to include relative information, without writing a novel. I'm a newer investor looking to get some cashflow. My strategy for the foreseeab...

He even tells us not to do business with seniors on Social Security or with newbies, but he has no qualms of ripping me off on Social Security and a newbie!

This doesn't mean you should because out of state investing for a newbie is difficult and if you listen to the wrong people can really burn a whole in your pocket.That being said, if I were you, I would likely diversify my assets.

Maybe in the future I'll just start any post with the headline "NEWBIE INVESTOR QUESTION" and I'll get sympathetic pats on the back instead of bewilderment at my zany ideas that are unbecoming of someone experienced 😂

I am a newbie in this realm and looking forward to learning all I can in this endeavor of becoming financially independent.

Or try the reverse - rehab a property to Class A standards in a Class D neighborhood and try to get a Class A or B tenant to rent it.Unfortunately, many newbie real estate investors are jumping into buying affordable Class C rentals - expecting Class A results.