His answer: "He is living vicariously thru this journey of mine".I hope you and everyone new find their real mentor.

The current owner lives there and had someone paying to a trailer in the back yard all the way in the back. 

A duplex where I live and the duplex that was offered to me.

I live in Matthews just a little south of Charlotte 

We now live in Arizona and I frequently fly back to the southeast to repair or inspect the properties and already deduct the travel, lodging, and half of the meal expenses from my taxes. 

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

This works best when the seller is motivated and open to flexible terms.4.BRRRR Strategy (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat)– If you find the right undervalued property, you can finance the rehab with short-term funding and then refinance into a long-term loan, pulling most or all of your money back out.5.House Hacking– If you’re open to living in your investment, you can use an FHA loan (as low as 3.5% down)to buy a multi-unit, live in one unit, and rent out the others.

We overthink real estate...Just find a place that people with options want to live. 

Hey guys,I live in Atlanta, but have my first subject to deal lined up in Peoria, IL.

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