As you already know usually lot of hardcore investors (I am more of a passive investor) go for distressed property in MLS or they identify them by direct mail or some other kind of marketing so that they can buy the property on the cheap and put some work in to get more equity.

I love the idea of real estate and am looking forward to learning all I can here to prepare for my first deal.I've been blessed to have REIs as in-laws (they're out of state) and have learned a lot from them, even getting to help them better track cashflow from spreadsheets I designed.This year we finally paid off my school loans so we're debt free (less our mortgage) and looking to start hard core saving / investing.

The calculators are a great tool too but more that that the forums are packed with professionals with hard core experience and referrals.

I am new to the BP site but have been a hard-core podcast listener since discovering these amazing shows. 

I personally wont finance anything just because I'm a hardcore Dave Ramsey fan lolThanks for posting, this would be considered my first reply on the forums and your thread caught my attention just because of how similar our situation was. 

But that wouldn't necessitate a hard core tax planning service.When we do tax planning, we want the client to return 3-4x the cost of our service.

great tip thank you -- it was built in 02any insight on pricing/how serious i should take this w/ a hardcore drywall guy vs. some guys who scrape rooms for $50/room?

My handyman stopped by a couple of times for repairs and gave me updates on what he saw; however, with me needing to notify the tenants before being able to enter the house the tenants were able to conceal what I suspected but couldn't find any hard core proof.

I recently started looking hard core, and have put in multiple offers on multiple properties.  

I don't know how those hard core people have the stamina, or the time, for all that networking.