I am a newbie in Salida, Colorado working for a developer.

We always grow our business by finding the buyers first and developing our inventory based on what the buyers tell us they want.

First off, you need “boots on the ground.†You need to explore those markets and develop contacts there.

If your hands on person, you can pretty much develop the skill of a what home inspection person does, some people on this forum do there own inspection.

These would be offered to tenants first, but if tenats do not want I would try to rent to outsiders.Are you familiar with additional liability or issues that develop from renting garages?

Web Development is as much an art as Home Building.

This is just my opinion but if your looking for a job then I would consider the banking industry at one of your small local banks because if you learn the in's and out's of commercial lending and develop some good quality contacts it will help give you a step up on getting started in investing in the future.

I would recommend developing a Business Plan.

I just want to see how/what this agent is doing so I can develop my own strategy to overcome this type of situation.The agents behavior sounds fishy but we may never know what was going on.

Great topic.In my experience I have seen some very inexperienced investors stumble through a deal (to their credit) in spite of their negotiating skills.Their biggest weapon was coming at the discussions from the place of how they could solve the sellers problem(s).Of course... those that developed more advanced negotiating skills not only increase their profits, they also got more deals to the closing table.One of my all time favorite negotiating books, one that I require all of my clients to read, is The Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson.