I'm a novice at this.

Vacant two story home and a seller who MAY be ready to sell.

I have not approached her, because I know her house needs a lot of work and I do not know how to come up with a sensible total for repairs, which means I ...

Until then i will put it here where all can see, but please don't every novice hit me up on this ok.

by the way, I'm a bit novice myself (3 years this month) and am wondering what a "class D" property is?

To raise new capital in order to comply with regulatory capital standards, those banks would have to attract capital from the capital markets and probably pay a higher rate than those banks that made good loans and did not incur losses.An analogy would be what you as an experienced real estate investor pay in interest for loans versus a novice RE investor who paid back the loan on the first deal with several late payments.

Good Morning BP...

I can happily say that I have turned the first page in the book of RE Investing!! I have been an agent for some time now, and just recently setup my own RE investment LLC. My business partner and I...

I've been looking forward to this for a long time, and while I'm stoked to be in the career of my dreams, I'm definitely aware of the uphill climb I'm faced with as a young novice.

My wife and I are novice investors and have spent the last 5 years honing our property management skills, learning all we can about investing, and repositioning an 8 unit multi-family from a D+/C- property to C+/B- with what we consider good results.

For a novice, gc'ing a modular that comes 85% done is alot easier to handle.

I am a novice REI investor. 2012 was not the best year for me, and my credit score was damaged. 2013 is starting off bright, and I want to make an investment.