Plumber had the line replaced and water back on in under two hours.

The problem is every good deal is under contract in under 12-24 hours for my area - Wilmington, NC. 

Once youve seen it and you know your ARV you will be able to figure out what to put in under contract for. because the market Im in is more expensive then yours my first thought is OMG they want 40k give it to them!

My combined net commission from both of those first sales barely covered my startup costs, but I had some transactions under my belt and had learned a massive amount in under a year. 

But, it has appreciated $140k in under two years.

One thing I have started to do that has allowed me to get over $5000.00 saved in under two months using none of my own money was the use of Craigslist.

Wait till the agent logs in while willy nilly is logged in under a different IP, bingo, you're caught!

Generally it is best to own rentals in your own name and use ret. account for some other alternative investments such as trust deeds or private lending (because there are no tax benefits when owning rentals in your retirement account as opposed to owning in under your name), but every situation is different.

This REIT is a little bit unusual because they are running in under regulation A+.

Every way I run the numbers, even using current rents I would be able to have all of my personal money out in under two years and have the entire property paid off in 10 (absolute worst case).