Easy access to transportation or highways.

I look for the basics(tools, transportation, professionalism, working weekends, being on call, previous income etc)3.

So here is what you can do right away if you want to take action:Step 1: Find a great lender that has been in the business at least 7 years, and that knows down-payment resources.Step 2: Talk to your parents, family, church, etc to see if they would be able to help you with the down payment.Step 3: Find a Real Estate broker that owns properties, that has been in the business for at least 10 years full time ( you want someone that worked the market before it crashed, made it through the lean years and sells now).Step 4: Based on the amount you get pre-approved see what is the best neighborhood you can afford, and if possible to be walking distance to public transportation, or close to Universities, Hospitals, Factories, etc, anywhere you'll have a stream of potential tenants.Step 5: Let us know when you succeeded and keep asking questions!

@Dion Johnson @Jerry Morello  just credit card set up company they usually charge about 3 to 5k for their services.. caution yoiu take out 60k in credit card debt and your fico will drop through the floor so manage all aspects of this.

(I must add that our homework also consists of opening up credit cards in our names to see what limits we can obtain, as well as, she requested that I personally check to see how much is in my 401K).

+1 for Cozy, but don't know how they make money since probably most people pay from accounts not cards.

Do I need a coupon or club card?

(Eg: opening new accounts, matching credit card expenses to the correct property, matching utility payments to the associated property, etc.)

Close to major workplaces, how close is the property to city transport?

Should I add post cards?