I am still a bit of a novice to investing and new to biggerpockets. 

As a novice in the real estate investing world, I'm looking for a way to get my feet wet in the business.

Hello all, my name is Samuel Minter, novice investor/intermediate landlord, in the startup phases of building a profitable real estate business.

Besides, what kind of reputable company would want to let some novice use their money to rehab a house?

For my own personal experience, I am a relatively novice investor with one 3 unit rental property in southeastern Connecticut that I acquired through an FHA loan in May of 2016.If you read his real estate article about positive cash flow (http://www.johntreed.net/positive.html), he mentions that according to several real estate professional organizations the average operating costs (costs before taking mortgage into account) of rentals is about 45% of gross rent.  

It seems a self-directed IRA would be a good place to start and still reap tax benefits/protection for the novice note investor.

shell property in inner city may be gifted to me. estimate 15k in renovations. comps in area go for anywhere from 50k to 80k. rent lined up at 800 a month. hopefully property will appraise for 60k.

would you sell...

I’m a REI novice.

I'm a novice RE investor out of Camarillo.

Another novice here, so I am asking- doesn't 'highest and best' mean there are multiple bids in on the property?