I see hippies, musicians and artist types walking under the 5 freeway along N Main to the very popular7/11 at the corner of Daly and N Main almost every time I drive through the area at night.  

As with anything, building a strong foundation will keep your building standing, i.e. performing on each of your promises to pay the lenders will enable you to scale private money.Hard money is also a resource, it does cost more but certainly viable so long as you have capital to contribute. 100% loans for first time borrowers will prove to be difficult (almost impossible).

I hope that this head start that I have will enable me to be a successful and prosperous investor!

Depending upon your state, using a broker or HML will enable you to be a note or pool investor without having to become licensed -- an entirely different discussion but something you should consider.Also, with regard to your question about investing locally, since you posted you have money to lend, if it hasn’t happened already, be careful of all the anonymous internet solicitations you’ll now receive from those happy to borrow it.

He said the other investors are able to pay larger fees because of the price range of the homes they buy and the larger amount of profit they make from the deal, which will enable them to pay bigger bird dog fee compared to another investor who only stands to gain a much smaller profit.

I'm a musician too and it occurred to me I might compose short commercial theme for your "Quick Tips" and "Famous Four" segments??

In my area taxes are high however and I'm losing confidence my strategy can be enabled locally - any advice from local investors is appreciated.

This will enable me to build up some reserves to help with investing.

They will enable you to control a lot of real estate for very little cash.

The downside is that the economy is pretty weak, but I have seen many homes for sale, but again, because of the economy, not many people will posses an income that enables them to rent those homes, so you can see my conundrum.Anna Strait, Thank you most kindly for the welcome and I am accepting the request as we speak!