I am a furniture designer from Milan (Italy), currently living and working in New York.I love very much to travel, develop my projects and live my life at 360, and I have been looking for a while for a way to become financially free and to make more money out of my time.I was happy to find Bigger Pockets in my search.I will start learning from the basics of real estate investing, working hard and hopfully having some fun, I look forward to explore the forum and to know many of you. 

Especially if that includes money and design, I get really excited.On January 12th, me and my son will be moving to US for stay a while with my sister and, invest in real estate.

I know that wholesaling can be attractive due to the low cost of entry....but you mention learning to crawl before you walk.  

Be wary of Canadian tax sales our systems here our designed to protect the average consumer so the deals are never really meant to be had to begin with.

I am attracted to it for a number of reasons: lower unemployment and vacancy rates than Memphis, and there's quite a few brick buildings that are more modern than that in my budget in Memphis, and definitely cheaper than Nashville by a mile.

If you're going to flip the property, then the attractiveness of the home would come more into play, as well as it's features compared to the competition of other homes in the area (as you mentioned, lack of curb appeal, lake frontage, size, inconvenient commute).

Be flexible, a speed boat turns faster than a battleship, design your fleet with speed boats.

These neighborhoods are very actively developing high end condos to attract the New York buyers who have been priced out of their city. 

I invested in a semi-professional camera with an ultra-wide angle lens and I don't regret it.It cost me around $1,000 and I already got that money back by attracting more tenants quicker.

Enjoying the financial benefits but a design flaw I overlooked when deciding to buy is that the steps going down to the basement is shared.