Disabilities from employment injuries of a young age brought me to work retirement-  but living in low net worth is horrid & I miss my daughter. 

You might want to give a shout to @Gary McGowan - he's in your neck of the woods and has experience with wholesaling in the Canadian context {something about which I am dubious}.Though the BP community is predominately in the U.S.A. there are a handful of Canadians, a few Aussies, a Brit or two, and a couple of Dutchmen wandering these halls so you can draw upon other experiences when needed.A fair amount of the information here will be applicable to the Canadian market, the areas which will differ are finance (residential mortgages are quite different), regulation, and taxation.

Although I'm new to real estate investing, I would like to share some of the information that I've learned and read up on and I also hope to meet some investors around my neck of the woods.

I've worked as a court reporter for the past seven years, but being that I live in what I call "Podunkville," small-town living, there is not enough court reporting work available in my neck of the woods to provide a decent salary, so I had to search for a regular ole 9-to-5 job, which I found with a very small real estate company.

If there's a personal injury case, landlord/tenant dispute, or an eviction case, I would much rather be in Tarrant or Collin County as opposed to Dallas if I'm a landlord.

I'm looking forward to meeting and talking with more and more people in the industry and in my neck of the woods.

@Mike Sattem  Love your neck of the woods   Montana in ORegon.. best kept secret in the west.. !

And now that you're here we'd love to see you be an active member of the BP community so be sure to set up Keywords Alerts for your local area such as "Great Neck" or "NYC" if you're looking to find potential opportunities for investing, education in a subject, or other members in your area.Use the Find Members area to network with other members who are local to you or are in an area you're wanting to invest in.

A local broker confirmed that there aren't usually financing/insurance issues with post & pier foundations in our area.Not a stellar deal, but seems good for this area (you don't see many 1-2% deals in this neck of the woods).  

As far as the market down here in our neck of the woods it has definitely had its ups and downs, and there is a lot of competition for investments down here....