I like real estate for the opportunity that it provides.Some of my investor buyers for my listings have multiple stock accounts they pull from to purchase real estate.Personally I like real estate because it is a tangible asset.I don't like the idea of paper to be worth 100 one day and 10 cents the next.At least with a property barring and act of God or some other strange occurrance I will have a tangible asset to sell.I know some will say but if you bought at the height of the market you would be upside down on that tangible asset.I didn't buy anything back then.I saw many people laughing and making money refinancing and to be honest I did feel like maybe I was missing out.I waited on now I am so glad that I did because many of those same people laughing with joy are crying in pain.Stocks just like real estate is something that if you just dabble in it you can lose everything.The sexy part of stocks just like real estate is to make money quick but many more lose than win.The losers aren't talked about much but the few winners are pumped up to sell marketing and courses to extract money from the herds.For my honeymoon years ago we went to Tennessee.While there my wife had an adverse reaction I think to the make up used at the wedding (she has sensitive skin).So we went to a local doc.This guy was really nice but old in his late 80's.We started chatting up and he said it was just a reaction to something and gave her a shot.I talked about real estate.That's when he said him and his wife had put all of their retirement in Enron stock and had it for awhile then BOOM the bottom fell out and they lost everything.He had to come out of retirement and open a practice again in his late 80's to make ends meet.That scared the hell out of me and made me stay away from stocks.I might eventually buy a small amount for a long term hold but I am not into risk with stock market.I have seen too many people see big dollar signs with their eyes and lose their shirts.

Also, there are many REIA groups around here as well as an excellent FREE Meetup that meets in Columbia the 2nd Weds of the month (just had the January meeting this week).

Ruth, the NHREIA meets in Manchester on the 2nd Wed, www.nhreia.com.

But another option if the house is near you ......... use an app that will help do 2D and 3D imaging. 

@Timothy Moore thank you ima give him a call

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We finally figured we would do a house hack on our first property because of the wedding that is approaching.

Congrats on the wedding!

In my MLS, you can see old listings' images for several years, so ask your agent if you can get the old listing so you can see what finishes are inside the ones that have sold.You don't want to make an offer and then lose money when it comes time to fix the property, so make sure you have a long inspection contingency to allow for the engineer.

You can do a reverse lookup on the property to find out the address of where the owner lives then I send them yellow letters in party or wedding invitation sized envelopes.