@Kim H. and @David Edgerton - did you have to spend anytime in an actual classroom setting (for maybe the prep??)

If leaking supply line...you could have some big, hidden problems on your hands.

My wife and I are willing and able to do hands-on work to improve the the property for resale and increase rental income.Looking forward to chatting with some locals. :-)Cheers!

I've only read a few books so far, but will be taking a mentor class soon, from a mentor that lives right here in Hawaii for hands on training.

Target buy price is up to $500k or so; we have cash on hand to put about 50% down and fund the rehab, so just need money to cover roughly 50% of our purchase price...or we put minimal $ down (say 30%?)

All of my purchases were buy and hold.I'm sure being on the ground there can save you money and give you access to better deals, and if you're interested, I'm happy to refer you to the people I work with.I have an agent, lender, and property management company there, and everything I've done so far has been hands-off, except for a minimal amount of project management, and researching the deals.

In the end, they handed me a Robert Kiyosaki book, asked me to read it, and we set up another meeting in a few days from now.

You need to have a buyers list on hand, so when you come across a distressed property, you will have an idea of who will be interested in the property.

An agent should be able to help you with that as well.On the other hand, you've got to take a hard look at the numbers if his lowest price is better than your highest price.

Be sure to take advantage of the search tool on the top right hand corner of the site.We're all here to help each other so don't hesitate to ask any questions!