Honestly, I’d look at places like Tucson, Maricopa (city), and Casa Grande that still have lower entry points, depending on your price points and prerogatives, of course.

There were so many little hidden costs like paying for a domain name, paying a para-legal for service contracts.

Hi Lauren,For someone new wanting to get into the space a good strategy is to team up with another investor but that all depends on how you like to go about things.If that is not for you then I would explore creative financing but that is a little tricky and finding a seller willing to do that can be tough.As someone on a similar par as you, I would either do it solo or with a partner given how the market is currently.If the interest rates or home prices were lower, I would do a BRRRR and I could either finance that myself or through a hard money lender to start.Always open to bouncing ideas of people and my DMs are open if you would like to discuss more about real estate.

Since you have already lived and worked in CA/SA, not entirely sure the type of advice you're looking for. 

Rehab of older houses....east Dallas is popular around Casa View.   

We are totally newbies when it comes to foreign real estate, and so we are hoping some of you would have some input as we trust this site dearly.Our main interested is on the East coast (La Estancia/Romana, Casa de Campo, Dominicus) but we are open to other areas.Our main concern is being able to secure rental as this would be an investment property that must pay the mortgage on its own and then some...ideally :)Gracias!

Some may be scumbag criminals that cannot get licensed like this guy that tried to broker a deal here locally:RRESTS (Collier County Only) Arrest records made on or after 1/1/2007 (last 10 years) were searched.Court Records Arrested Person Name: Booking Date08/26/2016AgencyNPDBooking Number201600006689Age at Arrest37 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date08/26/2016001HEROIN-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS - 30 KILOGRAMS24S16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001COCAINE-POSS WIT SELL MFG DEL SCHEDULE II16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001BARBITURATE-POSS WIT SELL MFG DEL SCHEDULE II III OR IV16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001DRUG HLTH/SFTY-POSS HARMFUL NEW LEGEND DRUG WO PRESCRIPTION16-1551CF09/19/201608/26/2016001NARC EQUIP PARAPHERNALIA -POSSESS AND OR USEWIDMAN ACT16-1551CF09/19/201608/27/2016001VOSP/COLLIER COUNTY-WIDMAN ACT24S16-000647CF09/14/201608/27/2016001VOSP/COLLIER COUNTY-WIDMAN ACT16-000355CF09/14/2016 Jail Summary09/14/2016 TIME SERVED Bond Amount$120,000.00 Arrested Person Name: Booking Date04/03/2016AgencyCSOBooking Number201600002800Age at Arrest36 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date04/03/2016001POSSESS COCAINE24S16-647CF04/25/201604/03/2016001DRUGS OTHER-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE16-647CF04/25/201604/03/2016001TRAFFIC OFFENSE-DUI ALCOHOL OR DRUGS 1ST OFF16-647CF04/27/201604/03/2016001MOV TRAFF VIOL-VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON DRIVERS LICENS16-647CF04/27/2016 Jail Summary07/11/2016 TIME SERVED Bond Amount$12,000.00 Arrested Person Name: Booking Date02/17/2016AgencyNPDBooking Number201600001382Age at Arrest36 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date02/17/2016001POSSESS COCAINE16-355CF03/14/201602/17/2016001MARIJUANA-POSS NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS16-355CF03/14/201602/17/2016001NARC EQUIP PARAPHERNALIA -POSSESS AND OR USE16-355CF03/14/2016 Jail Summary02/18/2016 BONDED04/03/2016 BOND REVOKED07/11/2016 TIME SERVED Bond Amount$5,000.00 Arrested Person Name: Booking Date03/28/2014AgencyCSOBooking Number201400002945Age at Arrest34 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date03/28/2014001OPIUM OR DERIV-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE24S14-644CF04/21/201403/28/2014001OPIUM OR DERIV-POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE14-644CF04/21/201403/28/2014001DWLSR DRIVE WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED14-1085CT04/23/201403/28/2014001VOCP/POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA < 20 GRAMS (WARRANTLESS)13-409MMA04/07/201412/06/2014001FUG/CHARLESTON SC/CONTEMPT OF COURT ON SECURITY VIOLATIONSOUTH CAROLINAO2014B10001008212/29/2014 Jail Summary12/07/2014 TIME SERVED12/12/2014 ROR Bond Amount$60,000.00 Arrested Person Name: Booking Date08/21/2013AgencyCSOBooking Number201300007385Age at Arrest34 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date08/21/2013001OPIUM OR DERIV-POSS WIT SELL MFG DEL SCHEDULE I OR II24S13-1654CFA09/16/201308/21/2013001OPIUM OR DERIV-SELL SCHEDULE I OR II13-1654CFA09/16/2013 Jail Summary08/22/2013 BONDED03/29/2014 BOND REVOKED12/06/2014 TIME SERVED Bond Amount$10,000.00 Arrested Person Name: Booking Date07/23/2013AgencyPROBooking Number201300006504Age at Arrest34 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date07/23/2013001VOCP/POSSESS MARIJUANA < 20 GRAMS WARRANTLESS13-409MMA08/05/201307/23/2013001VOCP/POSSESS, USE NARC PARA WARRANTLESS13-409MMA08/05/2013 Jail Summary07/30/2013 BONDED Bond Amount$2,000.00 Arrested Person Name:Booking Date06/25/2013AgencyCSOBooking Number201300005748Age at Arrest34 ChargedCountOffenseHold ForCase NumberCourt Date06/25/2013001DWLSR DRIVE WHILE LIC SUSPENDED 2ND CONVICTION24S13-2058CT07/19/2013 Jail SummaryNo information available.

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Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Temple.

Purchase price: $149,000

Cash invested: $160,000

Sale price: $320,000

This project chronicles the journey of my busin...

I'm looking at the fringes of the Metro area (Casa Grande, Coolidge, Apache Junction, Florence, Buckeye) as the Phoenix has gotten a lot of investor attention the last few years from local and out-of-state (California) investors looking for good deals.