You have found an excellent on-line resource for learning and building some great relationships.

The economy in Hamilton is not all that great, but it is close to all major highways and trains, therefore people will live and commute.

This Saturday I am going to attend a training being held by REAPS.

They know that market really well and can probably help you find a good deal on your owner occ. as well as some investment properties.I'm sure they'll be online to intro themselves shortly.Good luck!

@Khasin LopezTaking the training is a good idea but that doesn't mean you have to be licensed.

So my point is that I think I can really get clear about the "reputation" of a builder and a neighborhood in a most likely stronger way than if I were just searching online and such.

Hey Matt,Welcome to the best online resource for real estate investing that you will ever come across!

So I did as much research as i could online and found that all the cheap properties were in pretty rough neighborhoods and the local economy did not seem to support flipping in any significant volume.I then looked into Memphis TN, again all properties under 40k were in rough neighborhoods.I'm now leaning towards San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, or HoustonThe only problem with them is finding a house under 40k for us to live in, I did find a few Manufactured homes in the country close to Dallas and some a little over a hour north of Houston, I would be fine living in one of the manufactured homes close to Dallas for quite some time, my only issue is tying up most of my free cash in a house that i cannot refi to free up the cash again.Thanks for taking the time to read my rather long post and i look forward to hearing your suggestions!

I believe the Real Alliance is geared towards getting rookies in the door with a free seminar (meeting) then attempting to sell you a 3 day training program that costs around $1,000.

This way your properties at 80% LTV will hardly ever be cash flow negative.Robbert might be a Guru and good salesman (he tries hard to sell his training courses), but until now most of the stuff he says makes sense.