It's nice to meet everyone here.

We want to buy in a nice neighborhood but the ones with the most favorable numbers seem to be in the rougher 'hoods.

Nice!

Eventually I'd like to have enough rental properties (an apartment complex would be nice!)

yea 2weeks or less, you need a nice list of investors that you can count on.

Now, if there are other legal ways for me to improve my tax situation, of course that would be nice but with only 2 properties at this point, it hasn't been worth my effort to really investigate.Obviously I'm not even close to a CPA or a Lawyer but would gladly take free advice on how to save myself a few bucks...

I've recently become a real estate investor in SoCal and am excited to be doing something like this.I have a nice rental property right now and am always on the lookout for the next big deal...

i think if you're a member of a real estate investment club - you'll find that most people will avoid you as a newbie just because they're too busy to spend time with a noob - but there is also a market - noobs present a nice market for experienced investors to make money off of and most will be pretty decent deals they'll give you.

thanks for sharing such a wonderful postits really nice man.............

some tips and prices would be nice.