@Jonne Washington Absolutely, as a starting-out investor like yourself I encourage you not only to go to your local REIA events, but be proactive, read books, listen to podcasts, interviews, and also try to find other networking events at meetup.com for example and even eventbrite.com Don't hesitate about shooting me an email if you have any more questions Jonne, I will be more than happy.

However, in my experience there is a lot more competition for larger properties these days which translates to higher prices and lower returns.That may not be true in your area so I would encourage you to just review as many properties as possible and run the numbers on all of them.

Our agent did say that when she did the drive by today she was not encouraged by the area.Thanks again!

I want to encourage you to BE PATIENT DURING YOUR SEARCH. 

Thank you for your encouragement! 

Every podcast I listen to always encourages to "just do the first deal and it will get easier after that".

This will be a journey for sure.Thanks for the much needed encouragement Steve, and the encouragement from this community.

I live in North Texas where cities encourage larger expensive houses in an attempt to get high income residents.

Economist Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel Prize last year for articulating what my kindergarten teacher knew instinctively -- to encourage people to behave in a certain way, you add gold stars after their name to reward their good behavior.

Thanks also for encouragement!