You can see my first story her, from a few months ago.  

Put Howard County Source of Income into Google and you will find a story in the Baltimore Sun from 2012 about this exact situation.  

This is a great success story for your first mailing!

Basically I'm looking for any stories, good or bad from someone who has already done this..

They hear the horror stories so thats what they focus on and try to put in your face.

I've heard a lot of horror stories and don't want to make the same mistakes as most.

I'm still waiting for one person here on BP to tell us some positive PR investing stories.

I've only posted part of the story, though.I listed the lot for sale and within a week I had several offers.

@Calvin Kwan- There isn't actually a hard and fast rule, in spite of all the "12 months" posts that you will read around here.There needs to be a story, a narrative, that makes sense. 

Im a young aspiring Real estate investor looking to get into my first buy and hold rental soon and really just grow my career through persistence and hard work so I can enjoy passivity and get out of the rat race.I'm interested in small multi-family and also ways to finance those deals with low and no money down(Just bought the book).I would love to hear advice and success stories from anyone in the surrounding area, or anyone in general.