Find a house you can rent that meets your needs and is affordable.

It's becoming affordable to live here finally.

If your client can not afford it, they should NOT be trying to buy a home.

In addition, agents talk to each other, and I suspect that your name would be trashed all around town if you went around your agent.I have bought a bunch of REOs and the fact is that dealing with banks is extremely frustrating.

My first thought was .. wow, he cant even afford a cheesy SIGN, how is he going to convince people he can buy their house?!

This is REALLY frustrating to me.

Lots of breakdowns, lots of vandalism and lots of "the machine took my money" stories from POd customers.That was one of the most frustrating parts of her life.

Living here in San Francisco, I have a small chance of finding any affordable property for investment.

Dan :idea: Finding the Deals•Place this classic ad in your local paper’s real estate section to appear on Sunday: If you can afford to run 7 days a week, then you won’t miss any sellers who need to act fast, Negotiate with the newspaper for a better rate.

Too often people are so excited that they have found ANY property and that they can afford it these days that they don't take the time to consider everything you have stated in your article.One big newbie mistake and you can ruin your landlording future for the rest of your life.The only thing I would tack on to the end of your article (if you don't mind me saying so) is to make sure AFTER you have selected a great property and are ready to rent it, that you have someone that REALLY knows what they are doing to mentor you through the actual rental process... making sure all of your docs: application forms, lease agreements are legal for the state their property is in and not inadvertently violating HUD laws.