Improving your math skills if they are not great is another key skill.Part-time work: Property management, construction, sales in a hardware store, almost any sales job where you are dealing with the public on a regular basis, working as a support person for a real estate agent who is very active (marketing, web support, etc), admin work for a mortgage broker.

Im also a Licensed Realtor in the State of Florida My first project we bought sixty acres over looking the Pacific/Gulf of Nicoya [web site removed].

Some banks have web sites for their REO properties, but if you find one there, it is likely to already be on MLS or it soon will be.

Finding companies on the web is a good ideal but sometimes referrals are better.

Are the foreclosure sites scatered about the web an efective tool for an investor looking into that market?

The only reason to use Web ads over traditional methods is Web ads don't require any real work on the advertiser's part.

Use the mail, use the web, try another skip tracer to see if they can find more.

I think it’s spelled out on our web site what we do and don’t.

I've always found investing in and developing properties to be interesting, so I want to get some experience as it may be a potential career someday (note: I'm not looking for a position as a real estate agent).I've spent a ridiculous amount of time contacting commercial real estate firms that I found on the web, but I have not gotten a positive response from anyone.

Time more than money.Reading information on the web, buying books after checking them out at the store for free, networking with other investors through REIA meetings and similar.The other variable is your market.