Hello all,I'm the process of turning my first house in to a rental property (SFR on the SE side here in Grand Rapids).

I live in south Grand Prairie area.

Greetings, My wife and I have three children and three grand children and not quite 60, we have lived most of our married lives out of the USA, (Mexico and Spain) but now living in McAllen Texas,  we both have some real estate experience, owned our own company in Spain selling apartments to northern Europeans,   went well until the bust in 2007 and 2008, we also had real estate license's in Florida and lived there for 4 years,   We now are wanting to do some serious REI  and learn, network in Southern Texas,  thanks for your input.  

Now I'm in a position where I can afford the mentorship and would have roughly about 3 grand left for marketing.So before I pulled the trigger I thought I would tap one of the greatest data banks and Gathering of minds to get any type of input. 

Anyone have recommendations for an investor friendly RE agent in Casa Grande Arizona?

Hello forum I know very little about real estate but i do know a good deal when i see one...lol so my mother owns a house in CT which she is willing to sell me for 80 grand The house as is is worth 197 but with a little remodeling Im sure its worth more now i reside in GA i dont have the capital  rite now to purchase, im working on my credit to possible get a loan can any one give me advise i really want to make this happen so i can jump start my buying and selling career thanks in advance..

This person has bad credit yet managed to save 3 grand cash and has an income =/> 975x3 per month3. 

reality   reality check.. you want to flip 40 homes in a yearlets say your in a low value market were you can buy for 100k put in 25 to 50k per projectlender will want some equity.. as your not provenso how are you going to do that when sales cycles are 6 to 9 months from start to finish.. some get lucky and can flip in 120 to 150 but what I see is 6 to 9 months.so your starting out.. you would need to buy about 30 homes right off the bat  so that's 3 to 4.5 million.. 20% equity you need 600 to 900k in cash.. and you need another couple hundred grand in operating capital you have to make debt service while you hold these for nine months. so lets say 10% interest to make It easy on 3 mil is about 25k a month.. so that's another 200k for debt service. so this is why not MANY can do 40 flips in a year its so capital intensive.. and you certainly can't start out that way you need to prime the pump and maybe in 3 to 5 years you get there.

What's an estimate for an attached unfinished 1 car garage including a new pad, eight grand or so?

My husband and I own two properties in Grand Rapids, MI.