You can find lots of success in real estate by educating and networking. 

I drove to the property today and the houses in the area were pretty nice, which gives me more confidence in the town in that it does not appear to be dying.

Today I posted a question because I am a first time inventor and unfortunately I received a message from a user, which was good advise in theory.

having spent a decade in the timber business in Oregon I call it Oregon porch time.. these are not inner city dwellers these are folks that you need to sit with and talk  have coffee and build reporte'if the homes are nice and clean and saleable probably tough to buy under market unless your good at looking someone straight in the face and telling them their 300k home is only worth 200k.. that is a moral issue.Also be aware that you CANNOT legally sell a home you are not in title to in Oregon.. its selling real estate with out license and don't listen to all the people from all over the country that wholesale.. many states its an accepted practice in Oregon it is not.Also if your flipping homes IE coming into title you also need a developers license in Oregon  talk to @Karen Margrave she just got an education on this.. the state is cracking down on flippers.. its a 5k fine.. usually 1k first time. 

All as if you're going to do it yourself.That way you'll have a pretty damn good figure of what it costs to remodel a bathroom, replace the flooring in a 1,500 sq ft house, landscape a backyard, etc.That'll be an amazing education for you, and you won't have to take a contractor's word for it when they quote you a price.Also I would get the BiggerPockets book for estimating rehab costs too while you're at it:https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/flipping-estimating-physicalNot the answer you were looking for, but hopefully it's the information you need.

I have been talking to a few individuals in similar circumstances, and that was their general feel too..... until I stated 'educating' them about the potential benefits of it :-) , partially trough sharing posts and blogs from here at BP!

I have a rental property in Philadelphia that I have found a tenant for but this tenant cannot move until August 15th....and today is July 11th.

I actually just took my own advice and surrendered my license today back to the real estate commission.

The high IRR deals out there today will be the failures of tomorrow when the tide goes out. 

I was thinking about  the same thing, in fact, I am making an offer on a SFH today.