How your income is classified & distributed for tax purposes can make a difference.

I look for (crime is everywhere but I try to look for where it's less on the grid) areas that are classified as A (pristine properties, perhaps gated community) or B (business professionals and families looking for top rated schools, perhaps safer to walk at night, and that is all relative but still....) perhaps C (student areas) and I know these classifications are defined differently by everyone.

Do not run too many hypothetical scenarios past them either, they will classify you a novice.

BPers, as I was driving for dollars and ran across a vacant three unit strip mall that is classified as "the property of xyz city."

I don't know that I would classify it as an ideal market only because the quality of the available inventory is not ideal.

Plus they may know of some of their clients that are sic of being landlords and want to sell. you by pass the layers of marketing profits and buy direct.. that's one way to start your hunt for lower end properties.However I said you can do just about as good as anywhere right there in Vegas..

First of all, your property would be classified as a mixed use property.

They want $15k and it's on 1.75 acres, they classify it as 'lakefront' property for some reason even though it's really on some little dried up pond (or so it really looked like) to me.I got more info + pictures on this property at the bottom of the post.

you have to make them cheap enough, with your information gathering (of sellers, houses and situations), advertising (be smart with this one, don't break your bank on useless expensive stuff), and finally your offers based on your due-diligence, leads, word of mouth, etc.you'll find that once people know you're really getting a handle on real estate investing, that they'll start referring people to you, or going out of their way to read the real estate classifieds for you...without you asking.

Sign in the yard, ad in classified, postlets ad layout....nobody's moving or this Spring is dead.