Bill Nickerson's book "How I turned $1000 Into Five Million in Real Estate - in My Spare Time is still the best primer.

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped.

See if you can work for an investor or for a Realtor as an assistant, put signs out, run errands, check on houses, etc. and learn in your spare time.If you come by a really good deal, consider it, but I'd suggest you take care of your first job first!

Just be aware though...they most likely will be renovating another room with all the spare cash they will now have ...

See http://www.hcd.ca.gov/codes/ol/ApprovedUpdatedOLINFOBOOKLETRev05-31-07.pdf Got a spare $1500 lying around?

If it doesn't sell, can it be rented to cover expenses as a minimum (better yet, with margin to spare)?

I started moving my things over in to my new home 10 days before that date, 7 days before the lease was up the owner turned up out of the blue and asked to look around, I let him in and he asked for a spare key so he could organize measurements for new carpets etc. 5 days before moving out, he shows up at the house and told me that he had moved a new mattress into one of the bedrooms, I said nothing other than I haven't been upstairs.

Trying to get started while out of the country has proven difficult so if anyone here has experience with distance investing and can spare some advice it would be great.

Medicare is like that miniature spare tire that most cars carry now.

I don't have much spare time to do reading outside of school, so all of my knowledge has come from lurking on this site for about a month.My short term goals include getting an internship next summer involving real estate (any tips on getting started in this would be greatly appreciated).