I am in Harris County Texas, more specifically the city of Katy,TX a Houston suburb.

@Dean Harris thanks for the response, I will definitely be asking tons of questions in the next few months as I look forward to acquiring my first!

@Atul Kaushal I am down in the Kane County and surrounding area, but I have an agent within my company who is an investor that would be happy to work with you on this venture!

@Skyler Harris nothing is a bid deal as long as you have the money to spend on it! 

So the new Harris County rules say that any rehab project in the 100 year flood plain needs to elevate the house unless the rehab budget is less than 50,% of the building/improvement value of the home.

If you were to shop around and solicit funding from every Tom, Dick and Harry...well yeah you're syndicating.

I am Bryon Kane, I am brand new to real estate investing.

There are a handful of good addendum suppliers in Ontario including LPMA and Harry Fine paralegal.You must also be careful of traps they've put in, such as the agreement to serve by email is ONLY for tenants, not landlords.

@Dana Spencer IMO, Aaron Harris and Pointe West Management are the absolute best property managers around.

@AJ Harris you may have $30k in equity but you likely will only be able to get refinance at 75% LTV which would be about $86K, so you would only be left with $6K after paying the original mortgage off.