My opinion of what you should do is different than others.

In my opinion you have one shot at influencing the BPO.

I must say that the advice you and others give on this site make much more sense than the opinions from "investors" and RE agents here in RI.

Keith,In my opinion, $100 a door is good........but: How much are you putting down, what kind of equity is in the property, what kind of shape is it in, what is the demographic of the neighborhood, and what kind of investor are you going to be?

I am not an attorney and therfore can only offer my opinion on this, which is not to be taken as legal advice.

Although, I specialize with hard money loans, I come from a technical background in programming before micros were born.There are many factors and many have their opinions on this topic as well those who only suggest and recommends only stuff they can profit from.Look at web development programs as a tool to build a house then there are other tools to maximize building a house in your toobox, same as web development.Primary tool though is your web publishing tool. this allows you to build a website.There were some good suggestions here, but each have their pros and cons.I went from frontpage to xsitepro myself.Why !

That is my opinion.

This is just my opinion but if your looking for a job then I would consider the banking industry at one of your small local banks because if you learn the in's and out's of commercial lending and develop some good quality contacts it will help give you a step up on getting started in investing in the future.

Here are the details:Property type: DuplexPurchase price: $35,00030% down payment: $11,000 (rounding up for simplicity)Loan Amount: $24,000Debt service: $160/monthMonthly rental income per unit: $500 (minimum rental in that area)15% maintenance15% Vacancy (already have both units rented)Monthly Water/Trash: $50/monthTaxes: $142/monthInsurance: $50/monthUsing a real estate investment spreadsheet the numbers do not look bad but I would like to get some opinions on what I have missed.

As far as I know this is something that you can do, but please share your thoughts or opinions on this.The one thing we didn't like was the idea that the tenant would know who owned the house.