After watching all those cooking competition shows on TV (Chopped, Hells Kitchen, etc), I can imagine how stressful your job it!

Also, I do not know the market well above $250k retail and am watching areas that typically retail $200k and under.

Are you saying watching you rehab/flip a house is like watching you play cards?

If you watch news articles (setup a news alert using google alerts) relating to hedge funds / private equity you can quickly Blackstone etc.

Watch contractors and put them on a schedule, mine dragged it out far too long into the holiday season, who buys houses when they have to pay for Santa Claus?

I watched all of his free stuff and tried very hard to do a “safety net” deal (calling people who have for rent, getting an assignable lease option, assigning it for a fee to a buyer).

MAREIA is good for face to face discussions - went to a deal connection meeting last week - didn't have a deal but learned so much from watching those that did have it completely dissected and analyzed.

I WANT ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT THIS FORUM TO GO WATCH THIS VIDEO.

Here you go:http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?

There are some areas to watch out for because some of Cleveland's suburbs are not investor friendly, but that's a side conversation if you ever want to get into that market.