as others have quoting, finding a mentor (pay for lunch/coffee) is a great start.it depends on your area, but with 50k you are almost at a success point in rural areas. i've found the magic # to be about 65k. buy a foreclosure for cash, which will help your offer succeed (note: if you can do your own inspection and forgo the contingency inspection (and financing) it makes your offer look even sweeter). work your tail off to make it look great. rent it out, and immediately head to the bank  for a loan. get all your money back, plus a little bit. use that to find another foreclosure, pay cash, flip, rent, get another loan. hope that helpsjay

In past times investors would cash in Portland properties and buy up Phoenix apts for a song.

Forgoing any contingencies, specifically a home inspection will also cut down the time frame.If you are financing your purchase, then it is not a cash offer unless you obtain a loan from a private or hard money lender and they provide you with the cash.

Something like $500 for going past the date, and $100 or 150/day would give them a large incentive to move out, even if they're in a bind.

I was raised in Yuma and still have family there, I am now living in Phoenix and have been practicing Real Estate for going on two years.

Also, there are lots of folks investing or looking for investments in Atlanta who are not from here.You have a great background and are in a great position for going big in this space. 

Scott said, he talks a lot about cycles and demographic/job growth areas for goes for high probability of appreciation looking nationally.  

The reason for going with rentals to start with is to create monthly income to work with on a daily basis (eventually replace my job) as flips may come less frequently or reliably.

The more links, and the more popular the sources of those links, the better.As far as "dominating SEO for we buy houses" you'll likely find more success with keywords that resemble "selling a house in __(insert micro area name)__," because that is more likely what people will search for.  Going

Watch what's listed, what it has in the way of finishes, types of appliances, etc. and what it sells for. Go