@Kristi Patton  Just a quick note, insurance coverage is regional(state specific), meaning, the rates are associated with your particular region and other factors (weather, etc). 

Watch the movie "Pacific Heights"!  

My immediate regional focus will be NW FL between Panama City and Pensacola.

After 2 different failed partners and three deals with those partners falling about between 12-24 months ago, I finally took the leap to go alone, and closed my first deal.I bought a student rental home near Brock University in Niagara Region, Ontario. $195K, needs some paint and a good cleaning, and it will be move-in ready for May.

These are called portfolio mortgages and are available from local and regional brick and mortar banks and credit unions.

Investing tend to be very regional.2) As was previously stated, there are typically deals for everybody - although in some of the really competitive areas, I'm not so sure that some investors would agree with that one.3) Individually we learn a lot when we try to teach.

The Pacific Rim countries are much larger and more dramatic than what Europe was at the tum of the century.

I've been RE investing in the area for 8 or so years now. I am a real estate agent currently working on a brokers license and I'm always looking to network and make more connections with others in the industry.Whether...

Suppose you have a portfolio of 10 properties of the same type in the same region.

@Joe Moore That's a good idea to travel and visit different regions before investing.