The main skills I'm normally looking for in a contractor is communication skills.Appliance repair, HVAC repair, plumbing repair.

@Bob Gordon , my main objective in regards to obtaining my Real Estate education/licensing is to represent my husband and I for future real estate investing.

My main goal is to buy and hold long term while rehab/flipping to build capital.

I currently work and rent an apartment in Boston but have recently decided to look at investing in Portland, Maine.

I was told that there are crucial elements of investigating a property before even attempting to buy it.

You're absolutely spot on about it; never let anyone else do your thinking for you, it's a key element to investing.

My main goals for my business in 2014 include closing 4-6 wholesale deals so that I have about 10 percent to put down on a solid multi-family by the end of the year; I feel that 4-6 wholesales and 1 multi-family are pretty realistic startup goals.

The main sounds we are hearing are their toilets flushing.

And nice to have a backup if your main person is running all over the place..

If appreciation is your play, then you must pick the area that will appreciate better and as you eluded to, typically, that is the area closer to the main city, but not always.