West Palm Beach is a pretty strong area and good place to start.

I have a strong interest in real estate investing and want to start my portfolio while working as a nurse to help fund my investments.

SF offers almost a complete lack of urban sprawl combined with very liberal city politics (a.k.a. stiff construction regulations) located in the hub of the growing tech industry means a strong investors market, if you can scrape up enough cash for the buy in.

@Jeremy Scott I strongly disagree with the phrase "they always OVERpromise, and they UNDERdeliver

(I can email you a strong lease agreement to review if you want)You may also want to take pictures of the damage done to the property and bring them with you to court.

@Ryan Billingsley Right now we are just in Kansas City and even at that we haven't put a lot of time into growing our presence there.  

I am looking forward to reaching your upper levels of political and market awareness.I recently read the book "The Simple Path to Wealth" and the idea that I got out of that was to invest always and to stay strong (and in a strong financial position) to be able to weather the drops in the market that inevitably occur. 

@Kirsten KnightenWelcome to the site.Sounds like you are new to real estate investing.I strongly urge you to look into becoming an agent if you wish to connect buyers and sellers together and earn a fee or commission.Not only is it a much smarter, more lucrative and more productive way to earn it will also insure you never get yourself in any trouble over possible unlicensed brokerage activity.

Help is available and there are always buyers for strong deals.

I only wish I had found and acted upon earlier my strong desire to be a Real Estate Investor.