And filling vacant lots in the best of circumstances is not a cake walk.

If you actually get the right deal that flows properly, the rest seems like a cake walk. in comaprison.

They usually have lower cost real estate and the "bad" neighborhoods are usually a cake walk compared to the major city.Bad neighborhood is relative to a specific area though and a lot of stereotyping.

It's like making a cake.

I don't have any work experience in Real Estate but I have 6 years of Cake Decorating experience, so if I need to I will offer a cake in my negotiations :)  I am a new investor with big dreams to make real estate investing my full time career, I am stay home mom of a two year old boy and a undergraduate part-time student.

Open to listen to all advise and if any of you can actually help with property acquisition.Understood the whole deal/process is not a cake walk and there will be lot of hurdles.

OOS investors can do the same, but you really do need to spend a lot of time and effort in getting to know the area very well and also finding a few people local to the area that you can trust and will help you.Finding a suitable property in Richmond isn't a cake-walk either.

The parge coat is like icing on a cake, a thin cosmetic layer of concrete used to cover the exterior of the foundation mostly to protect exposure to the rebar.

I know many, many Landlords that think they're successful and real estate investing is a cake walk...until reality happens.

If you're wife gets the FHA 203k loan (not a cake walk in it's own right) and does not actually live in the property, she would be committing mortgage fraud.