I understand the value of a great accountant, lawyer and insurance agent, however I am just curious, as a novice investor, how much I should expect to pay for 2014 taxes.For years 2012 and 2013, I paid $925 for an accountant to do my tax returns.

Being a novice real estate investor and OOS in CA.

What tips can you give a novice young man on what to look for and what to not over look?

Additionally, the pedestrian users do distract some, but the large, active core group here on the site tend to do a great job of staying focused.We're working on a few ideas which should help those newbies and should cut down on many of the most basic repeat questions . . . hopefully that will come together in the next few weeks.We're always looking at ways to benefit our users and at ideas that will make this an even more powerful destination for both novice and experienced investors to learn, network, and ultimately, to make money via deal making.I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and ideas and hope we can better our network to best serve all our users.

Hello everyone.  I am part of a husband-wife team doing buy and hold investing in the Dallas area.  I am interested in doing more wholesaling and syndication or at least multi-family because, well, I'm bored.  Thus, I...

I will look into your keyword suggestion and have already read the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide.From my novice's perspective, the best path forward for me seems to be saving up for a down payment on conventional financing of a property that proves to have (after careful analysis) good return potential as a rental property (without requiring too much rehab as I understand that to be harder to finance conventionally).

Also novice in Stafford!

As a novice  in the real estate forum does anyone  have suggestions  for startera dealing seeking seizures properties and foreclosures.

Rebooting thread:I tried to get foreclosed once, as a complete novice and ended up learning a little (but mostly a waste of time).Delaware County, PA (so hello to the other Delco folks here (aka Steve Babiak) We were already somewhat familiar w/the house we wanted to buy (ok buying it as is w/o inspections etc etc). 

As a result, most novice investors benefit from having a Plan A, B and C.