I started reading the site back in January and after many conversations and a few site visits, I decided to purchase two out-of-state SFRs using the same turkey provider (both closed at the end of April).

However, now that I actually have properties, I find myself trying to power through agonizing DIY tasks and seeking thoughts of BP podcasts and future potential.

I've stuck to Lowe's mainly because I went with porter cable for power tools and HD doesn't have them.

they both have excellent educational materials but I like the realcrowd 101, 201, and 202 power points, they are ~15 pages and explain the basicshttps://www.realcrowd.com/learning-toolsI started investing in deals last Jan, I have no interest in any site except as a customer.  

And never underestimate the power of an impromptu drop buy for no other reason than to drop off a Starbucks gift card!!! 

It's such a powerful use of the code to keep tax dollars in your ... 

Freck yeah I am...But you can still make it even  if you are not as lucky and  blessed as I am.Having such a low imagine of oneself, of course you are not going to make it.99% of the failed wholesalers are simply stupid unrealistic dumb idiots that can not use 2% of common sense and brain power.

http://moneyminiblog.com/goal-setting/power-myths-...

If you want zero crime, you have to go out to very rural areas, where rental demand is low, so it's a trade off - don't let crime stats be your deciding factor.USE GOOGLE EARTH - Especially when you start talking turkey with a provider and they start giving you prop addresses, plug those bad boys into google earth and take a virtual walk around the area!

I watched an investor from NY go before the zoning board in that town to try to get approvals to rebuild a dilapidated property...they had the guy practically in tears by the end, rejecting him at every turn even though they had the power to approve it.