You would be doing us new people an incredible disservice if you didn't.

fess - i absolutely can make a fabulous recommendation for a tremendous buyer's agent - this guy is incredible...he posts on here alot...

Hello everyone,I am new to the real estate game and have recently found this forum which I have learned incredible amounts of information from.

I live in Georgia and understand the incredibly high prices of California would make it difficult to find a deal there.

I will have 50k equity in my condo and another 30k approximately in other "investments" (Park and pray mutual funds.)As I already have a decent amount of capital, I was hoping to get some recommendations on what you folks would do for a first time investor's money.Right now I don't think that I can realistically get positive cash flow in the Seattle area so I might have to take the "not in your own backyard approach."

I am looking for the best approach as to what to say at the door and any key points.Ian

Not exactly the strongest approach, but they are making a go of it and I've heard that they've had some success with it.And my reference to Bob McCartt, LOL.

Having done this twice already and getting ready to do it again... the SEC has some very specific rules about these kinds of things.Most of the rules captured under a generic term called 'Blue Sky Laws" deal with how you approach different levels of investors...

These appraisals use a blended approach to value, using primarily the cost approach (reproduction cost to rebuild) and a small portion is the sales approach (recent sales).

I applaude your upfront approach!