We live in the apartment now, but we will rent out the apartment and offset our overall mortgage eventually.That would get us in the game, but we would really like to start acquiring rental properties sooner.

Johnson,I haven't done any projects in Baltimore yet, my only trips have been for Ravens and Orioles games.

I've tried MANY and ended up with salesforce mainly because it's the most powerful and flexible for any sort of customization or automation that you need.

Sounds like you are have a game plan.We are retired military and started investing in the DC area 15+ years ago.Bought, lived-in while we repaired, then rented.

I've been reading many posts on BP and now I'm ready to engage.My primary motivation for real estate investment is for retirement income.My primary goal is to buy & hold long term cash flowing rental properties.Right now I feel pretty confident because I dominated a family game of Monopoly today!

Tell him you're a customer not a Realtor. :)

Sue, we hope to keep you as a customer as we work through some issues in certain MLS markets and Justin, we hope to earn your business.

I'd like to have skin in the game on my first new deals.

It should also provide a network that could help finding deals that put you ahead of the game that might not be realized just jumping in.

Its a numbers game and thats just what it takes to take deals down off MLS.2) What I would suggest is finding 2 or 3 realtors that are the listing agents for a majority of the bank owned properties in your area.