Actually since relocating to So Cal we've been so focused on getting business established that I'm online far too much, looking for land, etc., and it's easy to pop in to BP.

From what I've been hearing online, though, AZ does seem to have been bid up quite a bit.

I prefer one that has a desktop/laptop version (for my assistant to enter data) and one that I don't have to be connected online to use if possible.Anyone?

Sell some as turnkey to investors, keep some for myself (same floor plans), personally trained mgr, (who lives and owns rentals in SAME gated subdivision) and some to owner occupants.

If you think you can make more than 7% in the stock market and in real estate annually than you can take Aman's advice and borrow from your online brokerage account.

I was just about to go online and find the local REIA, but I came to BP first and because I set up a key word alert for "Miami" your question popped up.I am very much in the same phase of this cycle as you are: researching and educating myself on the basics of REI.

Unless you train this friend of a friend to find specific properties that you market to, train this person based on your criteria and to train this person to qualify your lead based on your specific criteria as a "bird dog".

However, if you have the address of the property you can look up this information online.

Other than reading articles online, base from experience of real people, laws, and how terms are applied in real life situations, i find investopedia.com to be a good guide as well for explanation and definitions of terms in RE that you might find difficult to understand.

So I decided to check out a Rich Dad 3 day Seminar which was pretty cool and I got like 5 books out of it, but the Elite Training program was too expensive, although I'm sure it's wonderful information and resources.