Some of my best clients have extremely busy work and personal lives and travel constantly.

If I'd have had 5 homes, that would have been extremely painful.

The trick with doing that, obviously, is that you have to pick up the houses at extremely good LTV's because you have to add in the finance costs for the hard money lender as well.re: Other questions1) Use of heloc?

But keep in mind, they are extremely 'popular' and have plenty of other 'offers' (::cough:: bribes).

I'm extremely interested in getting my hands dirty and would love to be on the site assisting with the rehabs!

The trade off is very low maintenance and the Rental market is extremely hot in these areas so you can charge high dollar rents. 

@Darnell Kramer Having flipped hundreds of homes, my experience has taught me to *ALWAYS (*unless extremely unusual circumstances) rehab first if I want top dollar.

Making houses into a place someone else can be proud to call home would be an extremely gratifying career for me.I would love to hear from any real estate investors in my area that I can possibly gain some knowledge from or any new investors that could be potential team members.I look forward to all the new faces I am going to meet and experiences I will encounter on this new chapter in my life.

He sounds like he's trying to help, and it's valuable to have MLS feeds and work with someone you can trust.I've worked with local agents who aren't investors, but they know my target neighborhoods extremely well.

I'm extremely interested in meeting successful investors in the area to gain partnerships and do future business with a close knit group that I can trust.