Truth is, I've identified sources that boil it down and I get most of my news in under three hours a week.In fact, this post has inspired me to do a Tim Ferriss LID (Low Information Diet) again.

Identify the primary people you will be working with - realtor, attorney, title company, contractor, etc.Good luck!

Obviously, that could vary with the particular Section 8 office.The only downside to Section 8 that I can identify are the required inspections (initial and annual).

If the door was damaged to the point of needing replacement, then it should have been identified during the move out inspection, and if you were present, you wouldn't get a surprise when they send you the list of damages.

IMO with any shotgun approach there are giong to be holes in your pattern so to speak.

Be sure to check out the wholesaling forum and the BiggerPockets Blog, where we've got a ton of great articles on the topic.Good luck, and if you've got questions that you can't find the answers to, don't hesitate to ask.Of course, please fill your profile out and upload a personal avatar so we can better get to know you, and so others can more easily find/identify you as you participate on the site.

Matt Phair, HousingZone Contributing EditorJanuary 14, 2010HousingZoneThe Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas metro area heads the list of best real estate investment markets for 2010, according to FinestExpert.com’s first annual Top 20 Real Estate Investment Markets.The survey analyzes over 10,000 real estate markets according to the US Census data (covering over 95% of the US population) to identify the most suitable places for real estate investors to seek stable and growth oriented areas.Stabilizing and turning-around housing prices follows basic supply and demand principles.

BTW - Please get a personal avatar uploaded to your profile so we can better identify you as you post and participate here on the site.

Although I don't identify myself as a liberal.

This area are considered not war zones but areas that families are interested in buying because of schools, safety, near highways, trains, etcccIn other words I wish to learn how to identify neighborhoods in nyc where there is activity happening others are buying and selling the properties easily.What tools and resources are available to me to do this so I can go after short sales in areas that will be easy to sell to end buyer quicker because people want to live there.