Keep educating yourself and then you will hit the point that you can take action!

If its a good enough deal to fix and flip it never hits the MLS .

I've lived in Essex for 8-9 years now and it's really being hit heavy with flippers improving the SFHs - so that might be the best route to take.

If you do it enough and get rich enough, you'll stay out of prison, but I don't think you can hit that mark quick enough.

My wife and I are newbie investors in central-northern New Jersey looking to start out by wholesaling properties.

We do not currently have the funds to absorb a failure of the heating system, but there's enough income to budget 10k annually for capex and still hit a 10% cap rate, so it's something we could remedy within the first year or two.I reached out to a business contact and asked if he would secure contingency funds in exchange for a percent of AFFO (basically, we'd pay him a portion of the income in exchange for the right to use him as a private lender in the event that one of the systems failed before we replaced it).

I grew up in Southern California (mostly Encinitas) and I've spent most of my adult life in Northern California.

A few months ago, Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi and caused minimal damage.

So he hits on what he thinks is just the best idea ever.

If you ever find one, you hit the lottery and you better keep them happy.