many of them are on streets where all the houses are run down...HOwever you can go 1 or 2 streets over and find same style homes, same age etc...that have been reasonably maintained.

Mitigate your risks by doing lower risk deals, being conservative with your estimates, and always running your own numbers.

It breaks down how to find a property and run the numbers.

You might want to look into attending one of local meet-ups that @Troy Fisher, @Kelsy Soderlund, or @Tiffany Plovie run.

Open a Flooring store called Big Bobs Flooring at 20 and still running the shop and selling flooring. 

You should still very much reap the benefits of leverage with your IRA, but would want to work with your CPA to run the numbers and evaluate the impact of this taxation on your returns.

I would ride my bike beside her as we talked about how our business would run, how we would treat our employees, and how we would use some profits to help the disadvantaged. 20 years later, the dream is still alive!

He's a one man show who's been too busy doing deals to organize his business.My wife was a realtor for a bit, spent some time running a small real estate office.

I don't see any incentive for a realtor to run multiple CMA's for us on a weekly basis, if we are not using them to buy the properties because we are working directly with the homeowners and our cash buyers.I'm sure I'm missing a step or perhaps I misunderstood some aspect of running the numbers.I was under the impression (from our training) that Realtors would have no problem running comparable if we just ask them...but I just don't see why they would spend their time running comparables if they aren't getting compensated.So I'm hoping some investor friendly realtors (preferably in Topeka or Kansas City) can help clarify and answer this question for me.  

I have been offered a short sale on a 4plex, run the numbers and it looks like a good single or double (not a home run) which for me is fine but i have no experience in this area.