I am getting pretty frustrated because every offer I have put on a property with the intention of renovating has not been accepted and when I find out how much it ended up going for my offer is always significantly lower even though most of the time I go in above asking price.

My main challenge as a part-time investor is being lower on their buyer's list but that just logical business.

I grew up in Maine, lived in Colorado for ten years or so and moved back last summer.

Any success stories especially around Maine?

The main thingI want to know is what is the best way to start out when beginning real estate?

I know it should be enough to state it in your advertisement, but I have found asking the question is a better approach.I am not even sure it is intentional in all cases.

My main question is should I begin investing as soon as possible, or wait and purchase more than one rental property to begin.

I know people have done this on taskrabbit - the 'taskers' mainly do a lot of auto insurance photo-related gigs on there and so their 'taskers' would likely be able to take photos of a property/give advice on an area.

But, the main thing is to keep positive and keep looking. 

So back to mikes intent(i think), waiting for some possible conditions to exist some point in the future, can be very expensive, and risky.one concrete example I can give, on why I think re prices cant correct much, was 2010, port st lucie fl, arguably ground zero for the mortgage crisis.