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So like the title implies- I've been listening to Bigger Pockets for the last year and a half straight since an investor i met that has a $2 million portfolio recommended them to me.

For the flip, I wouldn’t go off of Zillow to determine the ARV’s, I would just have a local agent print up comps of everything within a half-mile radius. 

I turned 18 about half a year ago, and want to get into wholesaling as soon as possible.

Deal update: I have been up and running for about a month and a half now.

., etc.) in the neighborhood, about half built by a local firm that builds nothing but passive houses.

Wife and I live in one half and we rent the other half to an excellent tenant.

If you drive 15 - 20 miles out, you can buy land at like $10k - $30k an acre.

If you split a 1br into a 2br, there is a risk 1br renters will see it as too small for a bedroom (since you can't cut a bed in half), and 2br renters will be able to rent a true 2br for slightly more so they too will see it as too small.

go to the dollar tree buy those dollar boards, split them in half, write we buy houses on them with a Google number on them and nail them up around town.