Great job on the interview.

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The interviews they have on the podcasts are insanely educational.Got a wife and 20month old and work as mechanical/manufacturing engineer, along with some IT work.

I have been told that a good way to do this is to get the tax records for houses bought within the past 6 months or so in the Charlotte area to see who is buying multiple properties.

I haven't seen all the material from all the gurus of course, but what I have seen and what I have heard through the interviews on the BP podcasts and others is that the information is valid in terms of how to wholesale or network or short sales etc.I am not defending their sales techniques, just saying that the information provided by them was accurate and presented in a comprehensive form that was thought out and had direction on the teaching.

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YouTube and Google are your best friends when you get stuck.Painting and clean up are the easiest, followed by drywall and tiling (drywall requires a lot of patience due to having to use multiple coats of mud), and then comes plumbing and electrical.Get the right tools for the job - a good cordless drill and saw, trowels, paint brushes, etc. the extra few dollars will save you a lot in trips to the store and lost time.

@Karen MargraveThank you for responding, I have been to multiple REI Associations meetings, signed up for Meetup and talked with 14 different real estate agents, even went as far as meeting with them face to face.

We've done radio (for motivated sellers) on multiple stations in multiple markets and we've never broken even on it.

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