Be mindful that many people do, but very few are willing to make the sacrifices it takes to become so.Hang around the forums, read a lot of REI books, go to local investor meetings, basically surround yourself with things that will put you in the right direction!

Means a lot.If I had boil it down to one tip I'd say you're a product of those you surround yourself with.

I have a rehab project coming up and I am in the process of interviewing contractors. If anyone has/ knows of a contractor that needs some work and you would recommend him I would like to try that route before col...

The best advice I can give you is to do a very frank self-assessment of your strengths and weaknesses in note investing and then surround yourself with others that can fill in the blanks.

Currently concentrating on the pretty house market in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

It’s in a cluster of small, mostly well maintained multi-family properties surrounded by single family homes but this one is somewhat of a trouble building in the neighborhood.

I think I'm just going to set my filters to include properties bought in the last 10 years. 2-4 bedrooms, 1-4 baths in my surrounding cities. absentee owners.

I invest in Western PA, particularly Mercer and surrounding counties.

Located in historical district of Cedar Rapids surrounded by mostly commercial property and a brand new medical facility.Bank is lending 177,600 and I am having the seller carry a 2nd of 17,400 amortized over 20years @ 5% with a 5 year baloon.

Thats a relatively smaller area with a much smaller surrounding footprint than the Chicagoland area.