As long as you are willing to dig in and think outside the box on a regular, you just may just end up enjoying that same experience. 

Hi all,I currently reside in upstate NY. My parents are looking to relocate to Florida (Sarasota Area). My wife and I currently live in a two family house we own (House Hacking) and are looking to invest in a 2-4 fami...

I don't own any yet, but they're not going to hop into my lap.I have put four purchase offers in during the last week on homes.I'm also taking classes to become a real estate agent (7 hours a week contact, plus around 5-6 hours of outside-of-class study). 

If it's just a numbers question, and the numbers are accurate, buying at $46K, rehabbing at $25K, and selling at $105K works as long as there are no unforeseen additional costs outside of the ordinary.I'm skeptical based on the photos that that's a $25K job.

Hi, I have located a clearly abandoned home (boarded up, with graffiti regularly outside of it).  

But, it's starting to be difficult to argue with the realities of population growth in certain markets outside of CA, all of which seem to be driven by tech.And as to proving you wrong - working on it :) Regardless, it looks like I'll be taking my shop to one of these markets soon...

I think we as investors need to encourage each other as many people outside of investment real estate cannot relate.  8 months.....your a patient man.  

After much consideration and research into my local market and other markets I have decided to invest outside of my local area.  

There are some costs in a SFR that can get passed to the renter, water fees, in some cases condo fees include heat (heating costs are lower when the tenant is writing the check each month vs turning up temp when it's cold outside), yard maintenance etc.

I don't know the prices in Quincy but in my market, (outside Virginia suburbs outside Washington DC) there are just about zero cash flow opportunities with traditional financing at $500,000.