I'm from Harford County, MD - which is in the Baltimore metro area and shares a border with York and Lancaster Counties Pennsylvania to the north.I'm very excited about getting into the real estate investing business.

Or, for an investor, the cash flow.Get a formal education, degrees in RE, finance, accounting, engineering, construction management are all good for RE, lots of specialties.Probably your next educational hump will be RE financing, know the basic guidelines and understand what your bank will do and why, most Realtors don't get to the why stage, that's important to understand as exceptions to rules are based on the why it is done this way.

Since KC sits on the border of 2 states with ideal large companies I.e.

Postcards can be effective because they don't even have to open them, also manila envelopes almost always get opened.As far as the content, try one letter that's very formal and looks like a professional company.

I was assuming that though I'm thinking that if I'm buying at a discount I might actually push the appreciation negative in the short term, especially if the property isn't formally identified as "distressed".

Borders Grosse Pointe Woods and you get city services and Grosse Pointe schools.

I'm on the border of Suffolk and Nassau.

If the seller doesn't/can't close and you still want the property beyond the original contract date, be sure to formally amend and extend your purchase agreement with any new terms and the new closing date.

See if they have had a formal reserve study performed, and how recent that was.

As a previous VP of the HOA, you should have known that, if it's not in writing, it's not formally approved.