Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Finally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Louisville" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

If you do not have one perhaps you should read "the ultimate guide to investing", which is a free ebook on this site.

I am very excited about the opportunity that real estate investing may provide for me to eventually be financially independent so that I can pursue my vocational goals.My PlanHaving read through the BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide, I am certainly at the beginning of my "Education" stage.

@Omar Naguib I just wanted to make sure you have already found the Ultimate Beginners Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing Also, I sent you a Colleguge request and inside of it is a link to a Google Doc with 99 tips for investing in the Amarillo area.

Off the bat, I would highly recommend that you check out our Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing, it's a great place to start and is packed with helpful info!

@Cliff JacksonWelcome.I have buddies in PA buying houses for$500-2,500 each through the county tax repository sales.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

The ultimate passive income investment.Hope that helps a little.

My ultimate "why" though is to help change our family tree.