XXX-XXXX Put the ad in the classified section of your local paper or pennysaver.Foreclosure auctions can be a good source of deals as can estate auctions.

I will be gong to grad. school but also was interested in getting my real estate license for another source of income and access to the MLS.

Another great source for instructions that has saved me countless hours, is your local Handy Man hardware or whatever small hardware you have in your area.

I'm starting to shift my focus to wholesale and investor flips and I can do those locally once I have some more reliable sources of private money lined up.Ryan, I've heard of your group and hope to attend a meeting soon!

If your creative enough to find other sources of capital for the down payment your income probably wont matter.

Expenses on the other hand, may continue to rise.Rentals are a source of income right now.

www.weekendmillionaire.com is a pretty good source for rentals.

(you buy a list from a source like www.melissadata.com) newspaper ads, preforeclosure lists, probate, door flyers, post-it notes, yellow letters, post cards, Craigslist, and others.

[[[[[.........When you see landlords that will not accept sec 8, most times its because it won't pass and they don't want to fix it up. ....]]]]]Please site your source for that statistic.I don't take Section 8 because I don't do leases, and Section 8 doesn't accept month to month agreements.Not to mention, I have yet to meet any Section 8 tenant who can meet my written rental criteria.The landlords I know who don't take Section 8 have nice places and they don't take Section 8 because the welfare tenants will trash a place and they are difficult and demanding to deal with.My places are in tip top condition and I respond to any repair call in less than 24 hours.Although, I have to confess, one of my houses can't pass Section 8 inspection because there is a centuries old tree too close to the house, and I refuse to cut it down.Another house wouldn't pass because the railings on the giant deck aren't close enough together and Section 8 doesn't want their little rug rats to fall almost 2 feet to the ground and maybe get hurt.

On the properties that I found for rehabing prior to finding out that it would not work for me, I put together almost book report style proposals for potential investors featuring repair costs, photos, my own blueprints etc.I want to thank all the experienced investors on the site for the valuable information they are willing to share.