I would love to network and learn as much as I can in the Columbia SC and Irmo SC area.  

IF home ownership exponentially increases your overhead, like it can in a primary market, you loose that cash investment opportunity for asset acquisition.

My preference would be to buy and hold most or all properties I can in the Redding area, but unfortunately the numbers just didn't work for me in most cases... 

Numbers on the property look like this:Purcahse Price:$143,200 Repairs: $32,944Carrying Cost: $746/month (utilities and loan payments)( carried for 2 months and counting) Total invested:$177,636 ARV: $205,000Listed at $209,950 ( on market 30 days, alot of interest and compliments but that doesnt matter because I have a big fat Zero offers) Major issue is home has a permitted garage conversion and buyers in that price range in the local market really want a garage.

I try to stay as active as I can in here!

I like this saying:"Pigs get fat, Hogs get slaughtered"  

@Brie Schmidt I agree with @Steve Vaughan theory of trimming the fat.

I don’t have any experience in real estate, but I have a degree in economics and can see that investing in real estate would be a great path towards financial independence.I’ve been doing all of the research that I can in order to put together a plan to truly get started in the next 24 months.

My husband and I sold our house stuff everything we can in a moving container and moved to Colorado a year ago.

My plan is to get cash out and do some improvements to sell for as close to market as I can in a short amount of time.