Kinda like wearing too big a fake diamond.

I'd recommend trying to go to the Black Diamond meeting in Worcester.  

@Sean Troy There are still plenty of condo projects to be had here in the detroit market ... haha. no it's not that bad. but there are still a few diamonds in the rough.

At our last Flipping/WHolesaling subgroup we had two investors that took his course and all they pushed was his getting to the DIAMOND level ($25k).

I've been interested in real estate investing for about the past 10 years, but have never really had the gumption to metaphorically jump off the boat to see if I could swim or not.I don't have much capital, but have excellent credit and almost no debt.I think the route that I want to take is to buy and rent properties slowly over time, then use that income to pay off those loans, but am not opposed to doing some quick flipping if the diamond in the rough happens to present itself.I don't have a realtor's license nor do I have any close friends with one (yet). 

For example, many times when you wholesale you might be wholesaling to buy-and-hold investors - it will help you identify good properties for them, and talk to them, if you have a little landlording under your belt too.And I mentioned it in the other post but can't help repeating myself, consider going to a local real estate group such as RIREIG in RI or Black Diamond REI in southern MA.

Being in Worcester first thing to check out is the Black Diamond meeting there (2nd location in Waltham).  

Ann also runs a great meeting, Black Diamond, in Waltham.  

Hello, my name is Diamond Maddox, I am 27 years old eager to learn about real estate investing I have been researching for years but no real guidance My mother passed at a young age I became motherless at 12 years old she didn't get to be there for the times I needed her.

Quote from @Andrew Diamond: If you can't see the inside of a foreclosed property, how do you estimate the cost of rehab and ARV?