There's enough resources on this website and the rest of the internet to answer almost all of the other questions you're going to come up with as you dive in.

Most people who talk about those tricks and shortcuts will try to sell you on their "tried and true no money down rags to riches in 6 months method" or whatever, and they're making money on selling advertising on their website, books, seminars and snake oil but not actually real estate.

The issue is it's going to add up because you're not going to win a lot of the auctions, especially if the reserve bids aren't announced in advance.For the taxes, obviously you go to the tax collector's website / call their office.

Hey Drew, just finished residency and found this website.

Do some searching on the local news websites and I'm sure you can find some articles from when that in the news not all too long ago.

You can find them on this website too!

Hi everyone,I have always been fascinated with real estate and have finally come across the Rental Property Investing book which has led me to the Bigger Pockets website.

BP doesn't allow me to give you my website and email in this forum but it is in my signature line below.  

I wont waste everyone's time hear, but if you want to hear how bad things can go with a rental property, feel free to contact me at (the website didn't allow me to post my email). 

Can anyone direct me to some website or places , ways to best get leads to call?