I'm from Massachusetts also, if you have questions about financing or property management bounce them off me.

Thanks for the info on the loan source, I had a hard time finding funding for a deal financing less than 50k as well but did find a local bank that would do it (outside of Columbus).Let me know what questions you have and maybe we can bounce ideas off one another. 

If you've ever shot into the woods, you hear the ball bouncing off of many trees...which is what you want your cash to be doing.  

Feel free to PM me if you want to bounce ideas off of someone who is in a similar position.

Pick a path and stick to it, do not bounce around thinking you will master all of them because in reality you will master none, stay laser focused.

Then, thanks to certain unique aspects of Michigan law, residential taxes did not bounce back when prices bounced back up.  

We would constantly bounce ideas off each other, that is what you need3. read as much as you can, listen to all the podcasts, and then listen to them again, there is a lot of great info in those. networking with investors will also teach you a lot about this business. taking the real estate agent class for me was beneficial. you learn how to evaluate properties which is key in this business, you're able to pull comps, etc.

I think there are a lot of kind and helpful people that will give you pointers and let you bounce ideas off of them... but expecting a stranger who is successful (i.e.

Lets meet up sometime and bounce some info off each others.

that I like to bounce things off of.