You never know when the right deal will come along.Speaking of deals, the agents should / will start sending you offering memorandums / marketing material that should / will contain most of what you need.

Some areas near Niagara and Buffalo have very poor soil which means there are going to be foundation problems and I would not be surprised if the people come down with cancer because it was used by the military for disposing hazardous material a long time ago. 

You more than likely need to invest higher grade material & better craftsmanship to gain the most spread on the flip. timing is important too, you need to reduce your holding time & cost during rehab. 

Almost 20 years old, in the middle of college, and I really want to use Real Estate as my tool to financial independence.Now I'm not asking for intro to Real Estate material or anything.

The "we buy houses model" that's not a great dealA 70% of ARV minus costs equal $70,000 -10,000 materials and labor equal $60,000A better way is to use private money is for the REI is to borrow from a private lender $10,000 for materials and labor and do a JV with the sellerThere is pretty low risk for minor rehabs with new people, and I do understand what the OP is feeling that private lender money can get you in trouble if not used responsibly.But you got to get started somehow!

Thanks @Paul Timmins for the material!

Though there are clear benefits of land-based taxation, it is unclear whether these benefits will actually materialize in practice.

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They are usually pretty good at describing what techniques and materials they would use.

There is a ton of reading material on here in the form of blog posts, articles, books and how-to guides which should help you start to zero in on which aspect of real estate investing is most intriguing to you.