I was fortunate to jump in back in 2010 and am amazed how quickly I was able to get a buy and hold portfolio off the ground, though it still takes a bit of time.What's your primary residence situation?  

I have a coach through Fortune Builders right now but have not discussed Creative Financing strategies.

I have a lot to learn but fortunately have a solid background in remodeling, new home building and design/cad work.

Your are so fortunate to be starting as young as you are, and to have BP at your side to sharpen your learning curve.

That was very helpful.I'm fortunate to live in an area where off-market deals are plenty for the person who puts in the footwork to find them.

I am glad to see someone is from my old neighborhood~ ;)I too went and spent a fortune in getting into RE by rich dad elite course before knowing about BP.

Fortunately you have no shortage of options, welcome to the site!

Fortunately I was able to purchase prox $900K in properties before this "new market" hit 4 months ago.

Fortunately for us, we're not newbies to the real estate business, just the auction, which is why we're approaching with caution.We've attended the past several auctions as observers, talked with as many people as we can that are in the know and are carefully putting together a process and team to take advantage of the inefficiencies that are present.

@michael lauther -- I invest in Cincinnati, better economic base than Dayton (9 Fortune 500 companies make their home in Cincy), and unemployment trending in the right direction, but still in the same ballpark as far as lots of distressed inventory.