Started networking and brought in credit partners to buy homes.

He would tell me sales prices of houses selling for 500k-1M on Grandview Ave in Pittsburgh he had the chance to buy for 50k 30 some years ago.When i was about 18 i started looking for my first project(rehab) hoping if i found the right deal i could sell it to a family member there were 4 amazing houses i came across but could not sell the idea to anyone there was even one house an old lady gene a friend of mine was going to sell me for $2500 that was rentable as is i could not come up with the money and she was scammed buy the RE investor i learned so much from he saw a good deal and took it. the house hunt never stopped i started showing more houses to my mom and she became more interested. 2005 was a terrible year along with a slow work year construction wise i lost my best friend, grandmother and father then my house ,car everything but my dog due to funeral expense's i realized life was to short and i would not wait to get into this business anymore i moved back in with my mom and became even more motivated to get a rehab going i showed my mom a property in summer 2006 and she became interested and helped me get the house it was almost condemned we bought it for 6k and brought it back from the dead if you visit my myspace page its the yellow house on the slide show Ive since done 2 more and I'm ready for many more I've decided this wont be a hobby i sleep RE literally. ill live in the streets if that means i can keep building this dream.

Brian,:welcome: to BP.What brought you to RE investing?

The book just didn't flow like some other books I have read lately.He sounds like an old school guy and maybe that approach just comes across as dry/boring when you are reading or maybe it just went over my head for parts of the foreclosure process.I'd give it a D.

They were back on their feet again though it sounded like.I'm still going to try this approach though, I have to just remind myself that it will be a win win situation if we can work something out.

I brought out my dad and stepmom because I like their judgment.

I like your approach.

The development has already brought 50k so far.

It is merely another way to approach sellers without appearing to be low balling them.If they should give you a bottom line "out the door" number, then I would write the contract and put in the "provisions" that the deal is contingent upon the payoff amount and the seller must net X amount in the end (the number they said) after all fee's etc. have been paid at closing."

Finally, I am here because my desire to one day be a landlord and investor of several propeties as brought me here.CHAZ!!!