I believe the best way to find a mentor is through building relationships and showing experienced investors that you have the tools to make a good student and can offer them something in return.Stay active on BP, attend local REIA meetings, and talk to as many people as possible about real estate investing.

Raymond B.I am investing in Mercer County...about an hour and a half north of pittsburgh...Good area as Western PA and Eastern OH are heating up because of all the Utica Shale / drilling activity.

BP has numerous threads, read a lot of them.YouTube is also great for these terms.

Be careful with those expensive seminars, they can be a good way to set you back a lot of money and further delay your investing activities.

Ally is open and active pretty easy to reach.$800k Mortgage 21.

That doesn't mean it's a walk in the park.So I'd say it's a different happy than an afternoon at the beach, but as a professional and growth activity, that it makes me happy.

In fact, many of the area home builders actively market to owners in those neighborhoods.

There are numerous places to familiarize yourself with real estate investment terminology online and offline.

If you live in CA or in the Northeast don't count on buying much if anything.I bought a place in Massachusetts last year that beat 2%.Only took 5+ years of actively looking!

Stay active here on BP and you will learn a ton...and fast!