Your agent or loan officer should have went over these things in-depth with you.

Even if I had sold it at the depths of the recession I would not have lost more than 12-14%.

The York college area is quite unique as there are multi million dollar houses on one side of Country Club Road and then row houses within a mile or so that sell for 50k.I would be happy to talk in depth about the York area and what places to avoid and places where you can find a good deal and make it cash flow.

The PCA is like the inspection for commercial buildings, but a lot more in-depth.

I'll wait out those payments, and try to make extra payments this year while I'm learning real estate more in depth.

You can perform very in-depth searches based on number of units, tax valuation, mortgage data, owner data, ... etc.

When the money comes in they do what they can to catch up on payments.From my "Credit Literacy" PowerPoint ...FICo – 5 elements:•Payment History – 35%•Utilization Ratio – 30%•Age of File – 15%•Age of oldest account•Average Age of Open Accounts•Mix of Credit – 10%•Inquiries – 10%Vantage differs a bit ...Vantage – 6 elements:•Payment History – 32%•Utilization Ratio – 23%•Balances – 15%•Depth of Credit – 13%•Recent Credit / Inquiries – 10%•Available Credit – 7%(Percentages rounded for clarity.) 

It gives a really great overview on the many facets of real estate investing while still having some depth to it.

I'm a beginner but I also would like the reading to be pretty in depth.

Thanks Ashish you are a true Champ, appreciate the in-depth information you supply, I have no doubt I speak for a lot more than you know!