I'd read the home study courses, and the concept of hard money, but it wasn't until I started going to the networking group meetings that I actually found any HML's who did what the books said they did.One of the groups was run by a brokerage house that hooked us up with the hard money lender, so they did all the work to find the guys with the money and we just paid them their points for doing it.Hubby is in the medical field and he does a split shift from 6am-8am then 2pm-8pm, M-F.

I spend my days out in the field managing a small team of field service computer techs in Massachusetts and use to manage projects with small teams all over the US.Now that I have the extra time to put into investing and researching I am eager to get to it.I am still educating myself through BP and other resources and hope to get into wholesaling to start with and maybe move up from there after a year or so.Still trying to figure out the type of wording or type of contract when putting together a deal so if anyone has any tips or tricks I would appreciate it.I have to already say thanks for this website!!

Is there any way for someone new to real estate to be able to earn money in this field without being a license agent or investor ?

HUD will compare these 2 bids with the estimate from their field services company and, I suppose, pay the lesser of the 3 - not clear on this yet, and I need to be.

So I know which ones are way too far in left field and I should avoid.

From what is sounds like the MLS is democratizing the field a bit.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookCouple good reads9 Reasons You Couldn't Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale DealDon't Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and FlipperHow to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field Good Luck Paul

PS @Dawn Anastasiif you'd ever want to check out a Milwaukee sheriff's auction, we can do a field trip sometime!

There is a Jim Morton & a Jim Mort, both veterans in the real estate field, both doing business in FL & NC, and both have taught real estate classes in the RTP area.

I've been interested in real estate investing for years, but as I'm in the social services field I was feeling completely overwhelmed with not know where to start, and this site looks like an amazing resource.