Shoot, sitting down with her, I knew 10 times more about Real Estate than she did, BUT, she has access to the local MLS and access to the other Realtors in the local BoR.

I grew up poor, single mom - public assistance - in fact they changed the name of the street I was raised on more than once due to the number of shootings - I understand the plight very well.

Post some questions in the forums or shoot me an email and I'll see what I can do to help you get started.

I used to go out to my drive where I have a basketball hoop, and shoot 100 jumpers every night.

Negotiate as low as possible, but shoot for ~65% FMV for wholesale deal.

Shoot and darn it.

Kinda depends on who you're renting to.My low-income tenants are happy to find ANY appliances supplied.My blue-collar wish they had in-the-door ice-makers 'cause it's a status thing.And my college kids want the biggest 'cause it's a beer and left-over pizza thing.I just rented to a couple that loves to hunt and eat what they shoot but they solved the problem by buying a separate freezer.

However, in 2010, I plan to combine camping with traveling to shooting matches, so that we can enjoy both at the same time.What did you learn?

I am shooting to purchase for 20000.

As for Murrietta and the like, those homes are nicer and higher priced so you have to get a smoking deal to make it cash flow.LA, Compton, etc is certainly an option but even those units can be too expensive to provide good cash flow and the risk of the bad area is something I wouldn't personally take on.If you would like to talk about options of where and how to put your money in the market, feel free to shoot me a PM or email.