Zillow is free and requires my skills and experience to make it valuable.

Love your planning and organizational skills!!

Over the next 12-18 months, my real estate investment goals are to:1) buy a multi family property as an owner occupant2) become a licensed real estate agent3) continue learning about single family and multi-unit buy and hold strategies4) develop a greater understanding of my local market (where I see few opportunities)5) identify out of area markets where prospects seem brighter such as Baltimore, Richmond, Atlanta (my hometown), and Houston (my next destination if/when I leave DC)6) connect with REI veterans and identify ways my skills can benefit themAs I continue to save money, I hope to begin earning additional income by serving more experienced investors.

The other day she called to let us know there was some bubbling and softness in one of her walls.

@David Krulac.I'm not a fan of through the wall AC that are large window units. first of all the big hunkers can vibrate the wall especially when turning off or on..Secondly when they fail and ultimately they will fail, you can't get another unit to fit the hole exactly and need to reduce or expand the hole through the wall.And thirdly they're not usually tightly sealed in the winter.1: I have not had that problem with this home2: If and when the unit fails it is simple for someone with carpentry trim skills to find another unit the same size or smaller, then shim it (smaller if needed) and cut some new trim.

You will need some basic programming skills for that and the list of APNs (free from agent pro 247) .

It's also very hard - I tried scraping a small area to see how tough it was and it isn't nearly as soft as "popcorn" ceiling.As you can see from the pictures, about 1/4 for the basement has had this texture and the trim removed.

more important than background fields, is your ability to take action and your ability to work together.You all may have good individual skills, but now you each have 2 other personalities that may get in the way, and different ideas on how things should run, Varying levels of risk tolerance, varying degrees of commitment (it's easy to say someone is committed but you won't know until things get hard).

Need to raise the proper amount of equity and financing to carry the soft costs until break-even.Thanks for your input!

You have to let people know you are an investor and wholesaler in order for them to utilize your skills.