I'd start by looking at where the money is going and how to increase your income and lower your spending. 

Make sure you spend a lot of time reading, learning, and meeting people before making the first investment.

Option 3: Find a better investment at this time.Stop thinking of yourself as a real estate investor and start thinking of yourself as a well rounded investor.Pay off your mortgage: Your money is not working for you when you spend it on liabilities like a personal residence.Buy Rentals with little/no cash flow: You are speculating what a rental will be worth in 20-30 years.

How much are you spending on tax filings, anderson advisors, banking and checking accounts per year?

Why would you spend the money on an appraisal now?

So I don't want to spend $90K on a down payment and closing costs and only have $25K to fix it up.

REPS requires you to spend over 750 hours annually and more than half of your working time on real estate activities.

I would just be spending half as much and getting half as much equity.

It’s free and that is one way to get free listings.judical states also have to file a lawsuit and you can search civil suits or contact sheriffs offices to get the calendar and listing for foreclosurespaying for a site is all in one and maybe worth it compared to how much time you are spending searchjngif you stay in one area then I recommend what I mentioned  

I guess that is why so many people buy lottery tickets, to have a little nicer car to drive to work....I grew up watching my mom carefully invest in stocks that she held for decades and built a nice portfolio with, I could never understand people who would get a bonus and spend it rather then invest it.