Hello all,I am an aspiring investor with moderate experience in fix and flips coming from Egypt to Miami, Florida looking for advice.I've lived my entire life in Egypt, but I am a US citizen and am planning to start off fresh in the States on my real estate journey.

@Joe SplitrockNote to self: check the moderators' profiles before joking about their states.To @Philip Olivier - never mind, I meant North Dakota. :)

I realize that is many areas this happens regularly along with most offer having no financing or appraisal contingencyAs a flipper of low to moderately priced homes, FHA is a necessary vehicle for my end buyers. 

We don't do them at US Commercial (moderator, this is not a solicitation), but I can refer you if you haven't found someone already. 

Looks like the link I posted got deleted by the site moderators.

If I can't find 2-4 unit buildings, I'd look for 2 BR 1 BA houses in appreciating areas with good school districts and low taxes and look to do some moderate rehab and rent those out. 

- will be moderated by Sessions Court Judge Chuck Cerny and touch on just about every issue of investors.Thank you @Mark Quayle and @Christopher B. for the mention of KnoxREIA.com and hope to see you on Tuesday.Regards,Victor  

The housing market in BR can be maddeningly expensive in certain areas for a city this size, though it has cooled somewhat over the past 12-months or so.In the right areas BR tends to be a fairly stable market with moderate growth potential (the big employers/tenant draws are petrochem and supporting industries, LA state goverment and LSU). 

The pay down is terrific over even a 5 year period on a moderate priced investment and forces discipline that comes in handy when there's a sudden downturn in the market or you're stuck with a weak rental market (hey that's right now).

To be perfectly honest, this also pretty much describes what spending your first few years in the residential construction industry is like, and it takes longer.Successfully managing a full residential rehab of even moderate complexity is murderously difficult to learn how to do well.