My hurdles to overcome before making my first investment include figuring out financing, learning to understand the market I am investing in, and developing an understanding of how to structure partnerships and/or syndications.I am looking forward to making meaningful connections on bigger pockets, and digging into the forums and educations materials available here.

My 3BR rents range from $1,425 to $2,000 which shows why it is almost impossible to give you meaningful rent data without you being more specific.At this point, I wouldn't discount the online systems such as Zillow so much.

You sparked my curiosity, what are some of the (high level) regulations and requirements for a broker?

About two weeks ago something re-sparked my interest in wholesaling, and eventually rehabbing real estate.

If your brain isn't shooting sparks right now screaming "oooh OOoooh OOOHHH, where's the opportunity, oh i bet I could..." then this is NOT your thing. 

That's like throwing your money into a can of gasoline and hoping it survives a possible spark. 

Currently all my income properties are local but I'm interested in North Dakota (relatives there) and Texas (lived there for 5 years).Would love to chat with anyone with similar backgrounds and especially people in Reno/Sparks and people with experience (good or bad) investing in out of area properties.Cheers,Ken

What percentage of first flips result in any meaningful profit at all?

Im really excited to dive deeper into this site and meeting new people in this BP community.I would also like say thanks to Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner and all the guests on the podcasts for sparking my interest.

Follow up with them in meaningful ways and they will pay it back.