My advise.... stay focused, save some money, and INVEST in real estate - long term buy and hold is the path to real wealth - take your time and set your goals on buying your first rental property - as an owner occupant if possible.good luck

Once you find the owner of the vacant house then you need to set a time to visit the property to see the condition.

Buyers and sellers can agree to anything,,, then the bank and its appraiser sets the real price it'll trade at.  

The home has an large unfinished space that is set up to be the 3rd unit. 

My wife and I have a SFH rental in DC, and since moving to Richmond we have done very well renting an AirBnB suite we set up in our primary residence here.

Hey Jeremy, Thanks I have been looking to find people wanting to use SDIRAs, but its tricky finding people who have it set up to actually direct the IRA.

We have our LLC set up and close on our first rental property tomorrow.Looking to establish a relationship with a smaller bank to be able to do portfolio lending (or creative commercial financing) in 2-5 years based on building a portfolio of high cash-flowing rental properties.Who do you use for your LLC checking account, and how has your experience been?

The bidding is already set at about 60% of value on most to start.Has anyone here on BP had success with attending these in person or online?

Here are some good places to start: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet- find and connect with other BP members that are in your area.http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts - Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you.And, of course thehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums - ask any question about real estate!

If you were to have a sheriff sale against your personal property due to a dispute with a creditor, is there a way to stop or postpone the sheriff sale to either set up payment plan or dispute the claim?