I think this is an excellent way for someone to wet their chops when there is very little money available.Travel around to the mobile home parks in your area and speak with the manager.

You will also have experience and the ability to spot good deals during the next crash, which is an excellent time to expand.

Anyway, we explained that this cabin that their relatives looked at was not our cabin and our cabin is in excellent condition and very clean and they can verify this with our reviews.  

David Greene has an excellent book on out of state investing5) Consider your goals - buying single family homes implies that you have got the time to be actively involved in a real estate business.

Anyone know of a credible one in or around ny/nj area?

@Michael Ealy Excellent!

The property is completely paid off and has an excellent tenant in place paying 2,400 a month in rent.

You can also search Google, facebook, or meetup.com for real estate investing groups or clubs.BP is an excellent resource, but there's also a lot of value in meeting with people face-to-face.

Thanks for the excellent reply @Michael Plaks.

I wanted to get everyone's opinion on getting credibility when first going off on your own.