it's always nice to read these feel good stories; helps keep me motivated!

Also, check out the forums under Starting Out, you'd find a lot of stories and advice for starters.

My name is Roger Storie, i have always been intrigued about real estate and investing but never seriously thought about doing it until recently.

To make the long story short we agreed to buy the property because of the potential was pretty good and the HOA was doing a great job with the roof.

I found that New Member Introductions is a great way to tell your story and have experienced investors reach out to you to offer advice.

I like this one in that I noticed right away that he did take the effort to break down some of the steps and try to paint a picture for you with the little stories.

Don't ask me how this person was still in there house cause i have no clue, but anyway the bank filed a lis/pendens vs the homeowner back in 08' long story short i found out that property had (a high) child support lien on it so i decided to bail on the sheriff sale and sit back and figured the back would take it at auction.

Detroit is like any other city with it's bad areas with one bonus...it has the extra benefit of the news media's love for the "story", and the "story" being that "one more time in Detroit".  

Types of Properties: Higher end rentals in a great school districtTarget Areas / Cities: Kansas City NorthlandI'm looking for: Other investors in the area to build connections, Potential private lenders, PartnersWhy you should contact me: To swap real estate stories and to learn from one another, to learn more about some of the markets in the Kansas City metro area, and for potential team building and joint venture opportunities.Would you want to meet up and network soon?

Types of Properties: Higher end rentals in a great school districtTarget Areas / Cities: Kansas City NorthlandI'm looking for: Other investors in the area to build connections, Potential private lenders, PartnersWhy you should contact me: To swap real estate stories and to learn from one another, to learn more about some of the markets in the Kansas City metro area, and for potential team building and joint venture opportunities.Would you want to meet up and network soon?