Agents with this type of expertise are worth their weight in gold to an investor--especially when the investor is relatively new and inexperienced.

I'd really love to work under a great developer, I would hope that I would earn the listings through our partnership and will pull more than my weight, but I'd truly like for it to be a learning process so that I could hone those skills and be able to do it myself in the future.  

In PA, you again will need to weight the balance of paying attorney's fees.

@Wes Kilpatrick the value of a great property manager is worth it’s weight in gold when you starting out.

You have to give them a solid plan for how you will pay them back and they won't be likely to put much weight into the money from your family.

Unless 1 acre is a really BIG lot for the area, don't consider much weight on it.

I feel like I hired the Belarusian's extended family members as plumbers when we first moved here-they took our tennis rackets, my husband's weight plates, all manner of exercise equipment. 

Caleb, where do you find blank yellow paper that is the same weight and texture as the legal pads?

This of course lessens your return, but you don't have to deal with financing.

Different campaigns have different sizes but here are my standardsthe minimum I do is 1000Full Color - Both Sides8.5 by 5.5 or 10.5 × 5.5Prices do very depending on whether its presorted standard, or first class also stock paper weight etc. it just depends on what you want and your budget.