I have never found something that I have wanted to truly and desperately pursue until now and have been absolutely addicted to soaking in as much information as I can.I've been knocking out blogs and forum threads whenever I even have a little bit of extra time and have gone as far as sneaking wireless earbuds under my beanie so that I can listen to 3-4 podcast during my work hours.I've been slowly looking at my local market and analyzing a few deals and always fantasizing about ways of how I could make it work to possibly acquire them at that current moment, but there are some obstacles I need to push through first.I have a balance of a couple grand on some credit cards(no missed payments) that I've been rapidly trying to tackle as this is my first step into opening more possible options of an early purchase even if I may not have a downpayment stocked up.Before, my initial plan was to keep on learning and educating myself with as much information that I could while saving up enough cash in order for me to be ready to house hack a property by the beginning of next year, but as I've started to learn more and more, I can't help but want to get into the process as soon as I can.I'm only 20 so technically I do have a lot of time to prepare, but I still feel as though I'm behind just because of how fast real estate investing is growing and in a time where markets are already hot.Maybe it's just reassurance that I need to hear that "I will be okay" even if I were to join the game a year later.

If we weren’t in a rapidly appreciating area in a strong market we’d have much less leeway for errors and couldn’t have grown as fast as we have. 

I adjacent properties that can be developed into 50+/- parking spaces.Pittsburgh is experiencing rapid economic growth and one of the drivers for this trend is growth in the technology sector creating increased demand for incubator and co-working space.

My objective is cash flow and rapid mortgage payoff.

I'm looking more in the southeast, but interested to see what's going on out there as I have a buddy out in Houston who said the market is rapidly expanding.

TWe also have a local educational group called The Art of Real Estate (AORE) that meets at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion at 8 AM on the 2nd Saturday of every month.

The only properties that I generally shun are those built during the early to mid 80s - I call it the rapid depreciation era. 

@Angel Pedroza it's an industry problem...and brokers wonder why the face of the industry is changing so rapidly...just wait until Amazon takes over...The problem is the exclusivity agreements...there is more to it, but the line of communication system is not good.

Some drain companies will inspect it but doesn't leave you with a recording, so make sure they use a good measurement - the screen should show a distance as he incrementally feed the camera cable, and if you/him see the trouble spot, slow down and go back and forth to get a good view.

Grand Rapids is a great city and I have family there.