I created The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods to give out of state investors like yourself an idea of what's what in our market.

this is one for the record books and you being Canadian its ever more than  48k with the exchange rate.

There is a BP book called the "book on flipping houses" that talks about all the major systems and repairs required to flip a house and some rules of thumb for costing.

Also if I was coaching myself just starting out, this is what I would recommend: Read Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/rental-investing-physicalListening to the BP Real Estate podcast https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcastListening to the BP money podcast https://www.biggerpockets.com/moneyshowAttend your local REIA meetings to networkStart analyzing deals to get practiceEngage more on the BP forumsAll the best!

If I was just getting started, this is what I would recommend doing: Read Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing https://www.amazon.com/Book-Rental-Property-Investing-Passive-ebook/dp/B018UTI2DOListen to the BP Real Estate podcast https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcastListen to the BP money podcast https://www.biggerpockets.com/moneyshowAttend your local REIA meetings to networkStart analyzing deals to get practiceEngage more on the BP forumsAll the best!

Have you already read the Ultimate Beginner's Guide?

I’ve been reading books about real estate as well a listening to tapes from BiggerPockets and intending seminars and just learning from others for about 2 months.I’m ready to get this thing rolling I’m really exited as well.

I’ve been reading books about real estate as well a listening to tapes from BiggerPockets and intending seminars and just learning from others for about 2 months.I’m ready to get this thing rolling I’m really exited as well.

If you do this you’ll likely accomplish nothing.As far as notes go, I don’t have any direct experience but there are several books on this on BP for like 10-20 dollars.

Here are some recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingCheck out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast