If you go the ned flanders route, you could organize a tour and a meet and greet between tenants and neighbors...flyers and email invites...show them the quality and have them shake hands with the tenants, etc. as an "intro to the neghborhood".

Is it earth shaking?

I had to actually walk into the bedroom and shake her awake as my husband stayed with her son at the bottom of the basement stairs.

However, there is something about real estate that has drawn me to it, and I can't seem to shake it.

-Jamie Hey Jamie - REIC of Los Angeles is pretty good - google it and go to meetup.comthey are all around everyday, I encourage you as a newbie - go to 2 per week.This business is all about networking...remember "The more hands you shake - The more money you make"!!!

As far as analyzing deals, try using the BP calculators to determine how the numbers shake out for what you are trying to accomplish.

When I finally see their numbers, I just have to shake my head. 

@Jason Pabon Looks like @Selton Shakes Jr mentioned NACA - if you have ANY questions about qualifying for that program, I've been through the entire process in NorCal and would be happy to talk to you about it.

The point is, that I reached potential sellers in distressed situations before the real estate agent in a Colorado real estate market that is moving and shaking.

And Regus PLC is a shared-space company with leases on more traditional offices that has been in the business since the dotcom.There's a small field of startups fresh with cheap capital in similar manner, looking to shake up traditional office-leasing.