As a recent college grad, I don’t have a lot of capital, so I have to get creative with how I can get my foot in the door.

@Brian Foote depends. 

It is small (21 units) but I am viewing it primarily as a way to get my foot in the door and show the community I am a closer. 

I recently did an evaluation on all properties that met my definition of bread and butter - listed for sale in RI and Southern MA for less than $400k in both MLS’s (ran a query and exported results for each) and was surprised to find that on average the cost per sq foot (list price compared to living space) on average was higher in RI than Mass.I am looking for fix and flips and am always looking for property with low sq dt to list price ratios.

Always exciting when you get the keys and walk into a new property you now own, yeah?  Spent the day yesterday with Tanner and Tim (See #E below) doing some serious cleanout of previous owner's stuff and prep on my ne...

Just trying to figure out the mechanics so I don't shoot myself in the foot.

Now that I'm in the bay and that I will possibly be employed in the San Jose/Mountain View area, I was wondering what other people have done to get their foot in the real estate investing market here.

@Brian Foote The BP calculator makes the deal look worse than it actually is.

Let me see if I can formulate my question -- this is for anybody here that has had any experience with custom home builders that knock down old, small, 1950-era houses and put up 3,500 - 4,000 square foot mini-mansions that go for $800-$900K.I got a seller that has asked me to come look at their house down around 610 in the Heights. 

This will give you a price per square foot.