She has achieved great success as a realtor in Colorado Springs and has re-inspired my ambitions of investing in real estate. 

I attended the free introductory webinar ("Real Estate Investments for Newbies") and while hyped and motivated, I still feel a little overwhelmed as to where to start.

As for me, I'm looking to hone my marketing skills to find motivated sellers, allowing me to buy properties at 55% ARV, once under contract I intent to rehab the property and get it tenanted, shortly thereafter refinance the property with conventional financing until I am tapped out.  

(TEAM - Together Everybody Achieves More)Anyways, I'm super excited to talk about our successes as a group because I think it helps underline THREE VERY IMPORTANT POINTS:#1 - Be Creative When Faced With ObstaclesYou think you're having a difficult time investing where you live?

You have demonstrated your ability to save, coupled with the fact that your credit is excellent....You are on your way to achieving your RE investment goal.But, you might want to look outside of NY as well, so that you are not turned off completely from getting involved with RE investment because of the NY high priced market.Frankly, I myself have invested out of state because of this very reason.

I'll will get this done and I will be successful in this ,its just gonna take a little time but I'm truly motivated

I am looking for motivated seller leads and I was told I should inquiry about probate deals.

As you start this new endeavor, I would highly recommend sitting down with a mortgage/financial professional to come up with a plan to help you achieve your short-term goals that will give you the proceeds and resources to pursue and achieve your long-term goals.

My current obstacles are:-it needs minor rehab, less than $20k for the entire building-I do not have enough for the down paymentAny ideas on how to I can achieve this purchase via hard money lenders, JV partners, etc...? 

Instead, the county council is restricting rural growth (unless you're a Master Builder campaign contributor) and channeling it into the western urban county.Seller situations vary, too: The seller of the low-priced comp home may have had very motivated sellers who accepted a lowball offer.