I want to see what is inclusive of his "more expensive method of repair", be sure everything is covered, floor raising or foundation raising is tricky, not all contractors can do it, I hope your contractor specializes or had at least 10 repairs under his belt, if not, don't be that confident on him to fix it.

In some places sensitive to union wage incomes in manufacturing as in the rust belt and large RE projects tied to fed funding, you'll see a significant slowing in such economies.

By the end of the year I would like to have either my first flip, or my second buy and hold property under my belt.

I currently reside in Northern Virginia but willing to go as South as Richmond and as North as Baltimore.If you have several deals under your belt I'd be happy to speak with you and provide further details of my situation.Thanks in advance!

Your problem isn't that you don't have enough money saved to get started, you just don't have enough tools in your tool belt to have the confidence to get started with little or no money. 

Now for my goals, which i will give you the short term goals, i am wanting to start networking with other investers especially ones that specialize in wholesaling.My second goal is to really come up with a game plan for finding buyers/sellers and getting my first deal under my belt. 

I am up for using conventional or FHA loans, but because I'm currently "self-employed," as a full-time real estate investor and don't have any deals under my belt as of yet, I'm doubting I'll have much luck getting them for now.

Hi Everyone,I've been lurking the forum for the past three months, simply absorbing knowledge from this great site.I have four rent & holds under my belt.

We have had 2 "bad" tenants so I have some lessons learned the hard way under my belt as well.

There are number of great real estate networking events happening locally every month, select few and start attending and meeting people.I see that you are in Inland Empire so one club I recommend is Black Belt Investors.