I'm not too sure that's an investment I want to mess with, so I have also been considering nicer areas of NW Indiana as well as SW Illinois (Blue Island and Lansing mostly).

I have some potential short sale opportunities from my lis pendens marketing but I am not an expert on negotiating these with the banks. please pm me if u can help. thanks

Im a general contractor by day, and an operating engineer at night in Staten Island, NY.

I am posting here tonight because I am interested in offering up my free time for any active flippers in the Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut, or Southern Massachusetts areas.

General Contractor from Staten Island looking to get into my first flip as well.

So it may feel like you are on an island by yourself at times but remember you have BP (good job on using it so far, but keep it up!)

Unless you're willing to live in a bad neighborhood and even then you're looking at prices around 250-300kLong Island and NJ are nice but prepare to pay 8-10k annual property taxes.

It is hard to trust someone you have no relationship with to be responsible to get the job done, done right and not be over-charged - there are times when you don't mind paying a premium for a job well done.About 10 years I did a 1031 tax deferred exchange into a house on Amelia Island, (outside of Jacksonville), I am in Baltimore, we do have a person we trust to do our work - since we only get to our home compound a few times a year.So tell us............. how's real estate investing in Miami, Florida?

I am hoping to find an inexpensive room to rent in a safe neighborhood (I'm used to the Boulder Bubble) but within 10 miles of the Oakland airport ( I'll be commuting by bike most days to the office on Bay Farm Island).  

i live in long island, new york and it is notoriously expensive, even the cheapest of areas could still run around 160,000.