The reason for an attorney is mostly asset protection.I want a guy to help direct moving from a personal loan to an LLC and advise all avenues to help protect me.Lastly, my wife and I are both high income earners and should disaster strike via bankruptcy, lawsuit, etc I want to limit her exposure as much as possible.Out of curiosity chinmay did you go to penn state?

What strikes me is that I would have sworn that these were just rental areas, but then I see quite a few high dollar retail sales occurring on rehabbed houses in the immediate area, and so I'm looking at a couple of them as possible flips now.In some of these lower areas, if you do a very nice rehab, your buyer can tap into targeted down payment assistance programs made available by the city/county/state, or sometimes even a HUD program.

I'm not saying you can't strike out on your own and start your real estate career right this very minute.

I'm interested in discussing a full time or part time partnership (or some variation thereof) with a resident of the area, if anyone is interested; it strikes me that two motivated beginners may be better than one, especially in terms of mutual motivation and establishing (and then exceeding) comfort zones.

The money is made not rushing into things but sitting observing and striking when the right deal presents itself. 

This strikes me as very good advice from a voice of experience. 

It could be something as small as striking up conversation and getting someone to smile that day.

In the meantime begin with some small wins, get some flow, then strike 

The vast majority of tenants seem to manage to pay rent on time without a felony conviction on their record.Once, maybe twice but 4 strikes, he belongs in prison, I would not renew his lease. 

They're usually busy plotting a strike.