However, it's an interesting neighborhood: Zoning laws makes it so I cannot easily rent to college students; however, it's close enough to the University that we received a lot of interest from Graduate students and families with one family member going back to school.It's also in a good location for oil and natural gas employees. 2 minutes away from 2 major highways that provide access to sites further east and south.

I'd definitely recommend you read through our Free online book "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing."

I'm starting to see that I should have started here with my quest for short sale knowledge and I'm on a very broad search right now, Anson I already talked to you about the real-estate courses and saw another post of yours about online verses a class room and have decided to take the classroom route, any schools you would recommend they seem similar for the online courses.

I recently went to a leading online mortgage site and found a lender that was willing to look at my investment as an investment.

Gary West I have found this online calculator very helpful in answering that question.http://www.timevalue.com/products/tcalc-financial-calculators/accelerated-mortgage-calculator.aspx

:) You can use Google maps to "drive" the area as well as local real estate listings online.

Some things like mattresses I ordered online, some items I got from the Habitat store and some from the local stores there.I semi-lived in the property during a lot of the renovation.

Things I like about Keller Williams is the extensive online training available and tremendous support.

BTW all the classes I took were online.

I don't raise them annually.But, I really should.When I was in college, I had the same rent rate for a few years before the landlord wanted to raise it.