Any residential mortgage broker can open the dozen spam emails we get a day from hard money and portfolio folks that want minimal paperwork, they just bump your rate 2%+ and do it on an ARM. 

And I more or less leave those emails in my spam folder.  

My RE is trying to convince me to buy some unrented apartments that need to be completely overhauled, but that seems like a lot to chew for a first residential property, but that might be worth tackling.

@Ryan Evans- A general solicitation is basically when you spam people with an offer to invest with you and you don't know them yet. 

Clicking on the user name took me to some random spam page instead of a valid profile. 

I'm a professional athlete from pittsburgh playing abroad and i plan on buying my first property when i get back. however, i'm concerned about loans and actually trying to purchase and manage it when i'll probably will be overseas 6+ months of the year. so my question is the possibility of trying to invest while playing overseas and how i could go about doing it, in leaning more towards long term buy and hold multi families properties to accmulate wealth overtime. so any help can be appreciated. p.s. i've been watching the forums and podcasts for a while so this is my first tackle on trying to put myself out there into the community

I had no idea anyone else at work did this sort of thing until I started mentioning it in our intranet spam room.  

How do I block people that spam info I'm not interested in in the Market Place?  

Three key skills (among the many) will help anyone get started...As a rehabber or fix-and-flipper, building a buyers list is probably the first task to tackle.

I would like to tackle the repairs myself (and occasional friends help) vs financing via 203k or homestyle.