I'm not sure what market you are in, but assuming it is a smaller one (i.e. not Des Moines) you have an opportunity to be a big fish in a small pond.My grandmother did that in a smaller Midwest town (began 70 years ago) and it worked out very well for her financially and in terms of lifestyle.  

You’ve got much bigger fish to fry and costs to watch with a flip.

So far they roof is 10 years old, not missing any shingles or anything. looks good.Water heaters are 5 years old.Furnace is an oil furnance and is fairly new, replaced less then 10 years ago. 

Looking forward to being part of this community while carving out some time for my hobbies; fishing and Jiu Jitsu.I give all my thanks to God and cannot wait to get going in real estate with the family he blessed me with.God Bless!

that's the pilot in me... and the only water landings I like is in a float plane going fishing LOL

You will find a ton of helpful resources, especially under the Education section of BP.My recommendation is to pick one niche in real estate and stick to it until you fully learn it and it is operating like a well oiled machine.

You will need to pay the annual registration, Registered Agent in those states and then file a tax return in Illinois as a Foreign Business Entity which pretty much blows away all the privacy and no taxes due in Nevada or wherever these folks use to sell their snake oil. 

@Don Van Nguyen I know that I am in the minority but with most oil and gas downturns, Houston will see a considerable contraction.

Does anyone here have experience investing in or putting together oil and natural gas exploration investments? 

Do they like to fish?