You should check out the Beginners Guide here on BP.

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

Hey MarcusThe 2% rule and 50% rule can be found in the beginners guide here on bigger pockets.The 2% rule basically says that for rentals you should be able to rent out your house for 2% of the purchase price each month, i.e. for a $100,000 home you should be able to rent it out for $2000/monthand the 50% rule basically says that over time 50% of your monthly income will go towards expenses (i.e. taxes, insurance, vacancy and repairs)While im not sure that the 2% rule is necessary for SFH since joining bigger pockets i have found that most serious investors dont operate on less than 1.3% and that the 50% rule can be cut to 36% if you are managing it yourself as roughly 14% goes to a property manager (but you should still want to pay yourself as a property manager)i would recommend reading the beginners guide it has a lot of helpful info on this subjectNick

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Finally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Santa Rosa" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

I think the Beginner's Guide was one of the best things I have read this year.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out the free Bigger Pockets Real Estate Guide http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Read the beginner's guide, and good luck on your investing!

James, Mike This is the best explanation of the help to buy scheme https://www.gov.uk/affordable-home-ownership-schemes/help-to-buy-equity-loans Brandon I shall check that out, your guides make good reading.

I have buddies doing very well out your way.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out the free Bigger Pockets Real Estate Guide http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingLocate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.Check out J Scott http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook The Book on Flipping houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs.