I'd formulate a criteria sheet to help you sift through deals.2.

Try to syndicate all the expertise that you may not have and try to formulate some sort of exit strategy.I'm a pretty risk-tolerant guy but as Mark Cuban said as an entrepreneur "you only have to be right once"Good luck!

I typically do pre-planning with clients coming on board to discuss their specific situation and formulate a plan.The best assets are receiving multiple offers these days and go quick.

Then you need to formulate you pool of cash buyers this can be your local REIA club, Facebook groups, or people here on BiggerPockets.

You didn't give a lot of info to formulate advice from.

Was it properly inspected at takeover, and did you formulate a long term plan at that point?

I am in the VERY early stages of real estate investing of working on formulating a plan so that I can get started and take action, however saving up for the first property seems very cloudy to me and almost a little impossible due to the amount of money that needs to be saved up in order to do things smart. 

End Goal: Save the family farmI’ve been studying Real Estate Investing since 2002 but have yet to actually get into it.  I’d give reasons why, but they’d all sound like excuses.  I’ve been devoted to raising my three ...

Instead of the typical approach of finding a fixed up home to determine your ARV then subtracting repairs and your fee to formulate your MAO try this approach.

Hi Brad Hammond, Thank you for taking the time to formulate a meaningful response.