I do have an investment property in OK, but I felt I was too "all over the place" and decided to try and concentrate in one area.

6) diversification and education are the two primary keys - concentrate on both: educating yourself and diversifying your portfolio.Best of luck!

The ones I've seen are concentrated in a few blocks (but there may be more).The colors really POP and they are excellently kept up, meaning not some gang hangout.Maybe a peoples Pride thing, or one owner just likes this color scheme (branding) and keeps using it on rentals.Any knowledge or thoughts about it?

Welcome Jason if I would you than I would try some flips first I am not q firm believer in house hacking it comes with compromise.given that you are new first step to find a deal and give it to other people.after that try to see what they are looking.also thee are some opportunities in Modesto area you might want to concentrate there riginally posted by Account Closed:Just joining the forum and I would like to start out by asking, what is the easiest way to break in to real estate investment w/o breaking the bank?

But, be smart. find an area and concentrate on it.

There is a foreclosure problems mostly concentrated in areas such as the North Bronx and in Queens (tons of houses in Jamaica).

I went to University of Michigan and graduated in 2001 with an B.S.E. in Engineering Physics with a concentration in aerospace propulsion.

Go early or stay late, they will be totally concentrating during the actual auctions 20.

Most of the big boys are concentrating on city props when they could really get better cashflows on some of the places in the burbs where the values have dropped sharply but rental rates have not.

In reading as much as I can about marketing I have determined that I might be better off concentrating on specific zip codes with more letters per property.