You unfortunately just missed a great group meet up last Friday but we will be having another meeting September 27th that you should come to meet a lot of the locals.

I'm new to investing, but not new to real estate; I'm well aware that the agent really is there for the seller, not the buyer - and as a newbie investor I seem to be having a difficult time finding a realtor who is investor "friendly" - who won't leak your info or strategy to the seller and therefore blow the deal (which just happened); or who won't try to stick you with commissions they did not earn. 

That sets the standard for what I can charge (vs my neighbor), how my tenants behave and whether they want to rent from me.

I will be having another Google Hangout in a couple weeks for Sellers to test that out.

If your focused on capital gains (flipping) then (depending on your market) you may be having a rough time right now.

I don't know how comfortable I'd be having someone live in the house even temporarily.

hello every body, great site here and i am thankfull, i am in lower va 24112 area,i have absoultly the criedit i can, due to a divorce, but i am working on it....i do how ever have a decent paying job, so i am looking to buy one or two of these house's i see in the local area, between 11 and 19,000 deal is i will be haveing to pay cash, thats why the small start up, having owned several homes before i am aware or the process and other fee's that apply. ok here are the questions,1) if i buy in a lower income area, will i always be viewed as a low income landlord?

One thing that nobody has mentioned yet (how did Bill Gulley miss this thread) - you have to be very careful in how you behave as the "middle person", since that sort of activity is considered brokering and requires a real estate license.

2) Have the tenants generally been well-behaved?

What should my next course of action be?   Have