I grew up in Chula Vista.  

Even those that have a cult following, most do nothing and get referrals I grew up in the land business my Dad did the land business for 25 years starting in mid 60s. nothing has changed.Concepts are dead simple. 

im a contractor, carpenter and welder by trade. ive been working on distressed homes and commercial properties for about 15 years. worked my way from garbage laborer to superintendent on multiple 60-80 unit buildings in albany anf surrpunding cities for a real estate company. ive been on my own for thr last 3 years working as a GC for other investors on fix and flips and im ready to complete some deals on my own with my skills and experience.i have a family home that i grew up in and its been in rough and distressed condition since i can remember. i am going to take on the renovations and get it up to snuff and will need a ton of work. im ready and able and aware or what it will take and im ready to go. i dont have many mentors so most of this is on me with my own youtubing and bigger pockets knowledge, other than that its gonna be help from friends and family. looking for advice on the project and i can give more details, this is my first time posting or discussing about it. any advice, opinions, info from some seasoned veterans would be extremely beneficial. either way looking forward to putting my passion and confidence in a family home thats been abandoned since ive lived there when i moved out at 17. prob will make some mistakes but im ready to learn lessons and gain wisdom through my first one on my own and keep it going as long as i can with other distressed properties in the area and beyond

I grew up in San Francisco, CA where the numbers and landlord laws just didn't make sense to me.

I have grown my investments in Back of the Yards for various reasons, but my main one is: I grew up there and see high potential for growth in that area. 

I actually grew up helping my grandfather remodel rentals in the higginsville area while living in Concordia and Marshall.

Knocked on seller's door and grew relationship with him How did you finance this deal?

I grew up in the area but have no desire to invest there.

He grew up there.  

About half of the active inventory are in BK and the other in Queens which means that you'll have a good sample size from which to choose from.I am totally biased since I grew up in Queens!