Assuming the home hasn't been refinanced and the title is clean it should be in the 120k area.

Her experience comes from light years ago when she apparently started in Florida and has no bearing on today's market.Two...anybody that markets a short sale packet or boot camp is going to make the whole process sound a lot easier that it really is...they gotta hook ya somehow.

I kept the same appliances & just cleaned them up really good.

The students had a dog that did damage to the wood floors and they didn't clean it --OF COURSE>

I had to clean out that room, which was 6 feet deep in smelly desease ridden filth!

The price range was from $3K up to $25K over the list price of the REO, and all of them were privately owned so some easier negotiating on price would be likely.It's in a "transitioning" neighborhood so once you get outside of a 10 block radius you can find some real "beaters".

My thought was to buy a 3 bdr house for 24-30k in a mediocre area.....clean it up and rent it out then possibly continue until i have reached my goal (15-20 properties). please help with any advice but try to stay on topic thx.

He mentioned get out there and make a mess, you can always clean it up later.

Understand this: you can make some really good money in Ultimate Fighting; but if all you did to prepare was 'watch TV', you will get your clock cleaned.

Internet makes things much easier nowadays.