I've never had any late or missed payments and pay over the minimum every time...pretty much i'm doing everything right.

We're in S.C. and have fixed up property but it has been very hard to get good tenants lately and adequate potential tenant traffic these past few months.Realtors are not interested in FM rents.

I talk to hundreds of investors every year who: [list]Have been thinking about investing Have been reading about investing Have a friend who had done well investing (The elusive friend) Are saving for a down payment Waiting for rates to go down Waiting to finish their real estate course Waiting for their mentor to tell them to buy Waiting for summer (insert any season) Waiting for the market to straighten out Waiting till they can afford it Waiting till they get a promotion Waiting till their friend or relative can partner with them Trying to read just one more book Waiting till they buy their own house Waiting till they get a raise Waiting to graduate from college Waiting till their friend or family member becomes a realtor Waiting to be married Waiting till they contribute their maximum to a 401k Waiting till they get done working on their own home [/list:u]Then after giving me their excuse for waiting they ask [list]What happens if the toilet gets clogged?

I'm just finishing an Architecture program, so I really enjoy the design + build aspect of the real estate business.

I'm an electrician and see different houses every day just about so I'm used to seeing a variety of different things.I guess the total finished square footage of the home is close to 1400.It has a main level and then a finished basement.The main level has: Wide living room, 2 bedrooms, and a half bath.The basement has: Full bath, bed room, kitchen, and then a room that could be a dining room.

ALSO, if your getting into flipping, which is the route I'm going to take, you need to man up, because contractors will push you around, and you'll lose out big time, or take forever to get flips finished and sold...

I have made many of the mistakes that I read others made: took in bad tenants, allowed them to stay longer than I should when the rent was late, let them take on some "minor rehab" projects in the house, etc.

Finished?

Before you even make the offer on the house, I would recommend having a very solid exit strategy and financing lined up, along with having a couple alternate plans if everything goes to crap.If you want to tell more about the deal, your investment strategy/goals, and the market your in, I'm sure you can still get some more insight into things, even if its a little late on that particular deal.

I'm 23 and have been in a rut lately, I have an AA degree, and a computer networking degree, I dont have a bachelors/masters.