Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Start Investing In Real Estate at a Young AgeFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Wichita" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books EverHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Bronx" so you can jump into local conversations.

If you want me to send you the articles let me know or just check out my Facebook page where I post all the local real estate news that affects local investors.

I just read this article http://turnersappraisals.com/fannie-mae-to-pick-lowest-risk-comparables-for-appraisers/Seems like at the end of January appraisers will have to jump through some extra hoops to deal with this new software that Fannie Mae has created.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/us-usa-massachusetts-crime-idUSKBN0K71DF20141229This is a terrible story I just read, and it got me thinking about how some people who flip houses on this website have flipped the homes of hoarders. 

A week or two ago there was a discussion regarding the 50% rule based on this "positive cash flow" article by John T Reed (actually Reed uses 45%, but that's neither here nor there for my question).In the article Reed presents a formula for determining if a rental property will have positive cash flow or not, but I can't make sense of the reasoning behind the formula and Reed doesn't really explain it.

For those living or thinking about investing on coastal cities this article on the New York Times shows a forecast for the areas in risk. 

Don't miss The BiggerPockets Podcast - they are great for learning how others are finding success.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessOh - and be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts- especially for "Altamonte Springs" so you'll be notified when people mention it here in the forums.Thanks again for introducing yourself!

I recently read this article regarding mmj and landlords in CA, which basically says you have every right to reject them and that the courts have generally sided with landlords/businesses on this; it has lots of good info related to mj in general:http://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?

Below is an article these kind of signs in Cedar Rapids.