If you are not trained or experienced in selling houses fast, you do run the risk of wasting a lot of time and potential profits.There is not a lot of practical information available today on the subject of straight real estate options.

It would be interesting to know a little bit about you.You're from Sacramento I see...great town BTW.Are you experienced in Real Estate?

I want to know what people(both experienced and beginner investors) see as the biggest obstacle or problem faced by people starting out as creative RE investors.

I would take some time to buddy up with an experienced investor and ask them if you can tag along with them to help them while they are in the field.

We are in the same boat here but just the beginning of it and no one to really engineer the town around all that is going to happen and I see traffic problems galore on the horizon.

I'm not sure about your area.....but in the Houston area, residents of an area experiencing regrowth tend to try and sell their older properties at the going rate of new construction.

I was interested in what you experienced investors do to create a positive cash flow each month.

There are far more experienced folks on here than me.

From a beginers prospective it doesn't make much sense since I haven't experienced these things yet.How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties: The Milin Method of Real Estate Management for the Small InvestorThis book has some interesting forms to use.

The best advice I could give you is to partner with an experienced investor on a deal.