(in fact we stole it) & our youngest will live there & run it.At this stage (of our lives) it's the challenges & winning the bid(s) that make life interesting & the constant cash-flow provides for a heck of lot of security. 

@Joshua DorkinThis seems like there has to be a catch, but may be worth a shot.FanScribed also seems interesting, although very early stage.

I also listened to his podcast http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/09...The thing that I like about the book is that it is very complete, going through the different stages of the process.

I am new to real estate investing-- just in the beginning, learning stages.

While we are still in the early stages of our business planning, we are thinking a couple flips a year for additional income while also building a rental portfolio for long term wealth.

March 2017 got our first project and now June 24th  we have 11 projects purchased at various stages of completion.

I am in the electrical and plumbing rough stages of this rehab. 

I was about to begin by 'focusing' on cooperative lease options (no credit, money down, low risk, etc.) until the next staged 'correction...' but apparently that's only around 5% of the deals they're currently doing, while 85% are near to full price (to mainly to foreign investors?)

I'm just at the beginning stages of researching the possibilities and issues. 

I just wonder if we are reaching that "out of control" stage in the IE again..........Steve