Any advice or input greatly appreciated, since I am a newbie that never even own a home.My goal is to creat positive cash flow, and hopefully owning at least 5-15 properties in the next 5 years, be able to quit my full time job to spend more time with my family and be in this rewarding hobby call REI.BTW the cities I been looking at are:Buffalo, NY - But probably wont do it after I talked to a few people that still have families thereIthaca, NY - I am leaning forward to this but worries about an exit stragtegy if something was to go wrong since the last year I think only 135 homes were sold.Ohio - not sure where yet.John

It's rewarding to help people get the information FREE that everyone else charges big bucks for.

I've heard it on numerous occassions here in Massachusetts

I even gave him half of the rehad money for repairs $1,500.I called him numerous times and he doesn't call back once he did to tell me he is on vacation and the work will be done in one week, but it wasn't.

We would enjoy having an investor or two reap the rewards when it is sold making a great % on their investment.

That should be rewarded.

Try being in charge of a strong willed child with no ability to reward or punish...it's a tough situation.

Big rewards with big expenses, big commitments and big surprises.I will tell you this about the big deals.

So my niche to start out with will be finding people needing financing (who maybe are as green as I am) and seeing if I can get the financing through one of the numerous sources my friend (and now partner) has.My idea is that after awhile of working on people's deals from the financing end, it will all make more sense to me.

I have read numerous books and have almost no money to risk, so have decided that I have to start with straight options.