If you start by using limited methods of making money in real estate that's what you'll be limited to.

I've seen my family buy and install storms on countless properties only to have to have them removed for cleaning and for trim painting.

Is there a system that allow you keep all of your real estate investing business in one system to keep up with it easy or more organized or just what are some of your methods, please.

I like MikeOH's analysis method that he has alluded to elsewhere, where if the property wouldn't cash flow at $0 down, then it's not a good deal.

A roof over their head is the minimum that people expect from a house, it being dimensional instead of 3 tab doesn't bring a higher price.In our part of the country "energy efficient" windows have about a 25 year payback in energy savings-so do it for your own "livability" factor but not for money.Landscaping-like exterior, adds a lot of curb appeal, one of the reasons we were able to get our house below market-"barn red" paint and 20 years of randomly placed and randomly trimmed shrubs turned many buyers off.

His method is called "Autopilot Real Estate Investing", and he has had someone develop some really helpful software to figure out what is and what is not a deal.

Hi Minna,one possibility could be to search the county tax appraiser's website and look at properties one by one, where you will see the address where the tax bill is sent --> the owners' address of record.It's not a simple 'put in the parameters and create a list' method, but if you are targeting a certain community, for example, you can identify the owners' locations that way.

Then they buy a property at retail, thinking it's a deal because they used some bogus expense calculation method.

You will likely be gone after by someone...Sub2 is one acquisition method.

The methods and products you choose affect your investment for years, and can make or break you!.