As result I wrote down a question, to myself, "Why don't I ask someone for money to finance my first deal?". 

Be sure to stay active on the forums to get the best results.

As you probably have seen on my other posts, I owner finance my houses in these run down areas with really good results.

She wants to do the inspection first and then consider my offer price based on inspection results.  

The end result is, I didn't lose money in a bad situation but a hard lesson: If it is too far for me to want to spend my energy and time on, it isn't for me.

My broker is an investor as well, but he gave me access to the MLS...... looking for tips for criteria to narrow down the search results.

So now you have a property that cost you nothing and is producing you income for life, only time.  

I am only 23 so I don't mind waiting the extra year to get my first income-producing property, but rather house hack if the deal presents itself.

Bless their hearts though, they really struggle with getting positive results that experienced note investors achieve routinely.  

Hi,I thought that a good first post would be an introduction and saying hi to everyone out there.I live in the San Francisco bay area, working in the tech industry with a strong desire of doing something that produces some more cash than what my bank savings account does (almost negative).Came in here with the desire to learn more about REI after reading Brandon Turner's "The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down" book, which I read after reading Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad".