My plan is to purchase a property, rent it, hold on to it and repeat until I have enough rentals to retire happily ever after.This is a great site/app to gain knowledge and learn from others.Thank you,Diane

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@Jason Eyerly - here's a blog post I wrote about how to stand out as a wholesaler - hope it's helpful to you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4430/blog_posts/32194-attention-wholesalers-2-ways-to-stand-out-from-your-competition

It has taken me a full year to complete the interior renovation, but after the appraisal that we just got back we have increased the value over 200K.Looking to gain as much knowledge as possible before diving into the non-owner occupied world.SK

You could see quicker gains and smaller losses as opposed to just collecting less than 1% from a bank.

I have many tools I know I can use, whether passive or active advertising, but I am looking for maybe which specific is most effective and how to approach a seller after I have their attention.

I have been working with a realtor to gain access to MLS listings as well as expired listings.

I've been a member a short time and have gained a lot of good information already.

@Paul Manno I applaud you on a few things. 1. joining BP to gain knowledge. 2.

I'm going to my first local REIA meeting in a couple of weeks hoping to gain some contacts.