If it's more of a row house, you have a lot less yard to work with, so I would concentrate on simply making sure the yard is need and clean, then focus your energies on the front porch and front of the house.A few must do's for selling or trying to get the highest rent...Power wash the porch, front of the house (unless you have repainted) and sidewalk.  

I would think about buying properties that are at least within a hour of you if that is possible. then you can still get out there if you REALLY need to without booking a flight.I believe the nature of RE ownership is such that you just won't be able to avoid being highly concentrated, in terms of net worth, toward your RE assetts.

., which don't require qualifying for a loan, I would concentrate on that.

I'm familiar with these areas and think this is a great way to start investing.Furthermore, I'm interested in concentrating on one particular niche which is buying and holding rental properties.

I would concentrate on increasing revenues and reducing expenses as much as you can until then.

The vast majority of indivulaes living pay check to pay check do so due to their own decisions.You should also be concentrating on increasing your income.

Hey FolksOn almost every wholesaling introduction, folks are taught to use listsource to find zip codes with the highest concentration of cash sales--and target those zip codes for direct mail.

You'll need to concentrate on adding value through improvements.

Otherwise, forget about getting into a duplex, concentrate on your studies, get your degree, then a good-paying job, and then you will be ready for a duplex.  

Both of these leaders did this to convince their followers to toe the line, not to convince themselves.Survivorship bias is, as Wikipedia describes it, "The logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not."