:D Realize that just making low ball offers on listed property will require you to make a TON of offers to find the motivated seller.

That does not mean they cannot give advice on what they DO know.Now for my rant on TonyS you have been a member of this forum since July and like you said yourself you are new and still getting info on RE, like some said on a post in this board anything past a month of studying your stuck and may never get the ball rolling.

Trying to justify a low ball offer is hard and usually the seller is mad the entire process even throughout the closing.

Freedom-Though real estate investing is not the big ball of freedom that many think it is.

If they say yes, I'd try to get a ball park of what they expect and then go from there.

Taxes can be precisely calculated from your tax accessor's website (most of the time its online), and for insurance I'd call your agent and ask for a quote.

When you do decide to sell them off, you would get aprox. 20% RETURN (of course this will depend on WHEN you sell....nobody has a crystal ball).

due to their rush into "rehabbing and selling" with little regard for an investment plan or their rush into landlording or even wholesaling or pre construction or whatever - i think many investors are on the balls of their *** right now, or will be soon.I DO NOT WISH THIS for anyone!

So, today, as of 3:00pm, we are starting to get the ball rolling on the Real Estate Career Path..

Do I need to know precisely to the penny, no.