I am interested in getting started in REI in Mississippi particularly in rental properties.  

Jones Tupelo ms is doing very well.

Dennis,You might want to look in Mississippi or Louisiana, they have deals from $5K and up.Joe Gore

I am based out of northeast Arkansas, but I am interested in properties throughout the state, as well as in Memphis and northern MS.

That's because what they teach stretches the ethical limits of what is accepted practice and many teach unethical tactics of dealing.If asked, gurus will swear up and down that what they teach is 100% legal, it might be in India, it might be in Iowa or Mississippi, but it usually comes to the threshold of illegal and some things will take you to the illegal side somewhere, if not in most states.

. ;)Me being military I'd like to buy around my father's area in Mississippi so he can help manage as well as I'll be able to have my business centrally (not necessarily locally) located to one area.

I am work for a real estate company, SteadiVest, LLC located in Jackson MS.

and "lets assume" and "this is hypothetical" - [b] i dont have any situation. i'm just a graduate student (BS Finance, MS Accounting) and i was reading Fortune's article on post retirement planning and it said something about reverse mortgages for those in need of cash flow, so i went on the internet to sort this out for myself.

Right time, right place-- guy is an investor going back to Mississippi.

It’s the opposite in the memphis and north Mississippi markets.