What I am buying is a turnkey property for cash-flow that still needs to be rehabbed and I wanted to be sure that what I'm paying now is matching the ARV.Thank you to everybody again and in particular to Euri Lorenzo for the link, I find it really useful!

Once you find the street you are interested in, click on the houses and see if the owner's mailing address matches with the address of the property.

Max out your Roth or traditional IRA and if you get a decent match on a 401k in your company then max out your matched contribution.

My gameplan is going to be educate myself as much as possible over the next year or so while I put money into my 401k(company matches 5% so I don't want to pass on free money), Roth IRA, and accrue capital to approach my first investment well equipped.

It may be that a prospect is unaware of such distinctions, but of course for the sake of your credibility it's good to err on the side of caution.

If the addition is in good shape, was done well, and matches the house, we'll leave it.

I'd like to eventually build up enough of a portfolio that matches my current income from commercial appraisal work.

From the brokers that I've met with, it seems that there are distinct differences among them.

Even if you had the exact color, it probably wouldn't match - paint fades, etc.

Then see if it matches up to what you want to do.If it doesn't you might have to look at other asset classes and if you are not interested in those then they might not be the right fit for you.