After that's over, I'll be going to school at CSU Long Beach and working as an Agent.I'm definitely new to Real Estate Investing, and it's something I'd like to do more with some experience and knowledge in the field.

Remember, you have a great skill-set simply by working in the construction field.

My website will have dedicated section devoted to that field as well.

Grant -I would take a look at how much money you are going to be needing after to invest and see if making these repairs and getting higher appraisal vs. having more cash in hand, which one of these would result in a larger amount after.Also every lender has different requirements but you may run into and issue with some having only owned your property for 6 months, and may only be able to drawn upon your acquisition costs and not the appraised value until you have owned for 1 year.I am not a loan broker or consultant but there are many here who are experts in this field and will be able to chime in and help you out.

Or am I just off in left field?

. :) Sent from my IBM Selectric.I have no idea why that appeared above as I didn't hit quote....see what I mean there Billy...Actually, at one time I wasn't bad with my punch cards, zeros and ones, duplicating fields and loading magnetic disks the size of a 90s desk top....don't know what happened after that era as everything worked so well then.While the ENIAC predated me, I do miss watching the data cards slide by and stack up automatically!

Again, forgive me I am new here and the this field.

Hopefully i will get much needed responses from wiser and more knowledgeable people in the field of real estate investing.

I currently work in the medical field in different hospitals in the Bay Area.

This rationale applies whether it be a new office building or a single family home.3) All service industries including the legal field are subject to commoditization (see legalzoom and read The World is Flat), better find your niche!