You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or teach him how to fish and feed him for a lifetime.

Problem is most people are fishing for bass in a trout stream.

Castle Rock may be 25 miles south, but it's still DENVER METRO.Unless you live in Colorado Springs and would rather look at spec houses than go fishing in the Rockies, save your time!

As the forums are organized by topic you can read up on a specific style of investing before broadening your focus to other styles.Some advice.

Most of these deals come through a friend but I'd like to learn to fish for myself.

That makes it easier than someone who is looking to hang out the “gone fishing” sign for the rest of their life.

I have a book or two from Bronchick and a download from Diamond, the cost isn't the issue - it's which will give me the information to get started as a beginner.My background is accounting, so I started with 'doing the numbers' on paper, looking at quads for sale in my area and talking to other investors.Now it's time to fish or cut bait, so which course would you (experienced investors please) choose if you were just starting?

I wonder if there might be a lot of such opportunities for people who aggressively fish around and find sellers who will take "whatever the market will bear" regardless of how low it might be (within reason).

the latest info i was told was that if its a good house multiply the square footage by 10 dollarsif its bad multiply by 20 dollars per square footand 25 if its uglyto get the reproduction cost. i personally think the guy was trying to screw my math up to keep me under him, he is supposed to be my mentor but when i ask him things like this he acts a Lil funny that's why I'm fishing and looking to learn enough to break away.what do u guys think

I get leads all over the country at times so need to broaden my fellow investor database as well as find more homes for my lease option tenants.