The free webinars that they run are fantastic and they typically do a getting started in flipping houses one from time to time.

I currently own a few rentals in different states, but since getting my real estate license i have started looking at family and friends for prospecting new deals as a new agent.I have a family member who has been renting houses for as long as i can remember between her and her boyfriend, but they both have some bad credit due to falling behind a few years back after both losing their jobs and juggling life for a while tell they found new jobs.I am a bit unsure about this idea still due to the fact that i have been running numbers on multi-family homes to purchase in the near future and turn into rentals, but i want to help them if it's a viable idea...I wanted to get your opinion on maybe purchasing a house based on their needs and running a lease option on the house for them to purchase down the road when they have the credit again....Right now they are renting a 3/1/1 for $1200/month and there is a lot of 3bed houses around them that are in the 100k and below that would meet the needs of them, im just worried about buying the house for them tieing up my own money and not have enough financing available to continue purchasing investment properties as my rental income from all my current rentals is my only income coming in right now as i start the career of an agent.

Unless you're running non-profit homeless shelters ;)

I just graduated from college and have run several businesses over the past 6 years that hopefully helps increase my ability to do real estate investing.

Pedro,It's no mystery, to maximize profits you'll need to run a tight budget and yes, it's all over the place.  

i will run it through my spreadsheet, but my thought was to use cash for the purchase since it would be faster (albeit it would wipe out a large chunk of available capital = unsettling). 

For those of you who are beginners, of which I am one, this is especially important.Hi, my name is Nicole and I run Burlock Interiors in Beacon, NY.

Also, we happen to know that the shopping center on the southeast corner of Berkman & Briarcliff has been purchased by an investor group and is poised for redevelopment when the current tenants' leases all run.

I'm sure we'll run into each other sooner or later.

Run the numbers Mary.