There's a tarp on a spot on the roof and minor water damage to the drywall inside.

They refresh their lists every 3 months or quarterly so when April rolls around, one of the investors in the county you want may end up terminating his subscription and you would then have dibs on one of those 3 spots.

Your enclosure / surround will go in a lot easier and will have fewer vulerable spots in it to leak as well.

However, you're still in the same spot where you have to call people back to see if they're a motivated seller.

I'll try and see if I can get the property info in electronic version but it will likely be in Japanese.

I told him on Friday that I'm putting my two weeks.I go to work today and he fires me on the spot b/c he has someone lined up.

Economists are generally good at spotting trends based on historical data and extrapolating a cycle.

Both will be rented by next month and I will be taking in a good cash flow from them.My plan is to put a mortgage on the home I bought with cash, I should be able to take out around $50k and I will use this as a down payment on another larger multi-family or buy another SFR that can cash flow just as well as the other two.I do not have the best credit but have not had any negatives since around 2007 when I hit a bad spot.

I currently reside in the Goose Creek SC which is about 10 miles outside of Charleston SC, voted #1 city in the nation.As a former real estate agent, I've always had a strong desire to purchase real estate and can instinctively spot property that I recognize as good investments. 

Ian please heed everyone's advice here as the books and actions mentioned are spot on.