I'm also mailing to probates and I've gathered roughly 55 leads from that source.EducationBased upon the advice I heard from the Wholesaling bootcamp (thanks @Aaron Mazzrillo) audio recording and my own personal desire, I signed up for 9 credit hours at my local community college (CCSF) to both further my knowledge and get prepared to take the CA real estate license test.

When finished the exterior is parge coated with quick dry cement which can be colored if desired.

That said, some municipalities have zero desire to allow a discount.

The caveat on this choice is I loved growing up in Detroit (Warren, specifically) but neither my wife nor I have a huge desire to live there at this time.I would be very grateful for any insight from the community -- thank you!

If you aren't excited by the prospect and you no longer have a desire for the career you were going to study for it might not be the best choice.Going to Community college for a while isn't a bad idea.

Many rehabbers also use $15k as a hard floor on their expected profit, due to the uncertainties in flipping, and the desire to make an adequate return for time expended.Think twice before trying to flip a $80k property.

Anyone have any thoughts at how well the desire is to a single person renting a 1 bedroom town house compared to renting a 1 bedroom apartment?

Loosing accounting history sort of speaks to less than desired collection efforts.  

The capital gains generally tends to be higher in more desirable areas, especially where land is limited.So as an investment, a low yielding piece of real estate dis not always completely irrational as an investment and personally, I am a strong believer that in todays market with so much information at our finger tips, prices and percentage returns and yields tend to be a good reflection of risk.Just my opinion base don my investment style.

I decided which tenants were the keepers and which were less desirable.