I hope we can all have bigger pockets and bigger hearts.So, maybe one day I'll discover the cure for AIDS but today I want to start learning how to make my dream of a low income mobile home park in central Los Angeles, a reality.

It was a VERY detailed long topic about pulling Comps and such without a realtor to aid you.

I have tried investments, enterprises, estates, properties. etc and they are all taken.

I am NOT looking to become an real estate broker in the traditional form; this is MORE so a tool to have in furthering my knowledge, aiding in bringing down some cost when purchasing, and networking. 

I am looking to start a REI company and I am looking for RE friendly CPAs to help guide me in this endevor,  Does anyone have a recommendation for CPAs in the Dothan, Enterprise, or Ozark area?

The thing is, I believe there are pockets in and around this city and (other cities, I'm sure) where maybe because of a business or social service enterprise etc rents in these pockets can "defy" or thrive in spite of "stagnated incomes" that you pointed out.

HELLO MY NAME IS CARLOS BURGOS WITH SOUTHERN HOMES ENTERPRISE, WE ARE NEW AT INVESTING BUT GREAT AT HOME STAGING AND REMODELING, THANKS FOR HAVING US

Hello all...My name is Joseph Ratliff.I have read and absorbed books by Peter Conti and David Finkle.I have researched online...And now...I wish to contribute and absorb what I can from this forum to pursue my Real Estate Investing goals.Thank you for providing this resource.Joseph RatliffJDR Enterprises

I'm seeing that I may need to increase my EMD which will aid in my offer being accepted quicker.

Someone (probably ex tenant) kicked in 4 of the interior doors, two big holes in the walls, cherry kool aid stains on carpet, dead lawn, cut some wires in the walls, NEVER cleaned the kitchen and looks like used lard to cook everything, the cooktop looks like a couple of "smallish fires" may have happened and the (original, 1979) oven has NEVER BEEN CLEANED, oh and to top it off we have a family of THREE SKUNKS LIVING IN THE CRAWL SPACE.And of course I no longer live 6 miles from this place, I live 950 miles away.I just spent 1 1/2 weeks working on it, about 30 "contractor size" garbage bags, 5 gallons of paint, a million small things that you always run into.Anyway I found a "craigslist" cooktop and wall oven for pretty cheap, my wife helped a lot, even though she hates RE investing and my neighbor has been a godsend because the trash service only picks up the rolling dumpster, NOTHING ELSE, so he has hauled the other stuff to the dumpster at his work.I'm heading back to TX to hit the kitchen, exterior paint, front yard and finish the interior paint (oil base on the trim).