This site has a lot of great resources for people exactly in your position - filled with enthusiasm about the potential that real estate has to offer, and looking where to start.I recommend starting with the Bigger Pockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide as that will give you a lot of good advice and next steps.For networking and education I recommend the RI Real Estate Investors Group which meets twice a month (one virtual/Zoom meeting for beginners and then an in-person meeting for members), and the Black Diamond REI group in southern Mass is good as well.

Your sweat equity and ability to see a diamond in the rough is rewarded monetarily, and the new owner gets an updated, move-in ready home.

Just a reminder that our next Worcester event is this Tuesday 9/17, you can read the original post here.

This is part I of "Estimating your Rehab in 20 Minutes" and includes Exterior and Mechanical Systems.

I mean if you have a list of 250+ names on it there's going to be a diamond in the rough.

Let's call it an tired diamond in the rough.

My name is Alejandro Lee (but I go by Alex) and I'm an engineer from Diamond Bar, CA who is new in the BP community.

If you’re willing to go south of pike street, there are definitely a few diamonds in the rough (and some in the area that have already been thoroughly improved!)

The only good thing I can say is I bought a diamond property they managed because they broke the previous owner and I got a deal !

We're thinking somewhere in the general area of around North Bend, down to Enumclaw/Buckley (Hobart, Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond, ares of that nature).

:-(Based on my and my partners' experiences, we are giving 2 presentations on tax liens at Black Diamond, including the legal process presented by a MA tax lien attorney, our process buying a portfolio of liens, and the process of going through a service to buy liens in Illinois, which pay 36%.