In addition you can concentrate on areas that have capitals or universities/large colleges, (government & education can weather economic storms well).

Right now, we are finishing remodeling our house here in Indiana and preparing for a market, so it's a little hectic... but, we are hoping to be done by the end of this summer (hopefully sooner) and then we could concentrate in investing.

Got denied by two mortgage brokers because investor concentration in that association is over 50% so Fannie & Freddy won't allow an investor loan.Going with other lenders is also hard because they want loan amounts at a minimum above 100k.Anyone have any suggestions???

The value of SFHs is driven by home buyers, as a investor you should be concentrating on multi units where th evalue is driven by investors.

Concentrate on Super-service for New and Existing GoodTenants.3.

Since I have good contacts with the contractors and other services I'm concentrating on a flip strategy but I hope to set up a good strategy for wholesaling as well.

You could concentrate on motivated sellers who will let you take the deed subject to, or lease purchase the properties.

I think using one to feed the other is the best path, rather than just concentrating on one over the other

I will do whatever it takes to get started, right now I am concentrating on getting out of debt then I want to move out of this small, nothing to do town.

Both I and one of my partners attended Scott's when he was first starting his national bootcamps.He did not have a homestudy at that time.If he does now, and it includes his software for analysis of commercial properties, I'd say consider it.We still use the software.By comparison, Dave Lindahul[sp] at that time at least, concentrated on mostly just apartments [though my partner liked Dave's like presentation best]Scott covered most all commercial, not just apartments, and his wife, a former commercial lender for one of the top 3 banks, covered lending [pre-2008, so.....].