Please reach out to me if you have been scammed by this man so I can forward you to the investigating officer.

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

Hi FrankI paid 210K deposit for 4 lots , so I am very frustrated & it was recommended to me I would get a faster response from the builder if I filed a complaint with the divisions of professions construction industry in FL who will send an investigator out for a full investigation.

@Sanil Subhash Chandra Bose - I would investigate American Heritage Credit Union.

To make an informed decision, run the numbers, investigate HOA rules, start networking, save strategically, and explore suburbs with affordable homes.Good luck!

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

Investigate to see if there are people/jobs moving there, and if there are, start running evaluations on every property for sale that pops up in that area.

Just read through some of these articles and you'll get the idea.https://www.indystar.com/story/news/investigations/2020/05/06/clayton-morris-bert-whalen-accused-by-indiana-attorney-general-deceptive-home-sales/5175543002/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/31/who-can-you-trust-in-the-real-estate-investing-business/#720fb12c356fhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.newsweek.com/clayt...https://www.usatoday.com/story...https://thehill.com/homenews/m...https://www.mediamatters.org/f...https://fox59.com/2019/03/26/e...Clayton Morris Lawsuit Case No. 1:18-cv-02797-WTL-DMLhttps://onedrive.live.com/?

Use some for buy and hold (I personally would prefer apartments rather than buying a few single family homes) and some for lending/trust deed investing.In either category, you must know what you are doing, know how to vet the investment, how to vet the sponsor (if investing in a larger fund of some sort), the laws and regulations on the lending side, how to investigate which areas to invest in buy and hold and notes/trust deeds for that matter.So as you have already said several times, lots to think about . . . 

@Suhaib - For me, the biggest driver is the ability to increase rents for a particular building/property and then investigating what it would take to get the rents to that level.