I immediately went to my local Barnes & Noble and bought it.

I've been fortunate enough through my research and what I learned here on BP to have bought a solid investment property, which of course started with having the knowledge to identify and recognize the opportunity for what it was worth and act on it.

Hi everybody,We recently bought an single family residence in California.

This was the first house I bought after graduating from college and served as my primary residence.

Unless you're willing to invest in this for a loss as an autonomous learning experience, get someone.I should add that all my impish personal demons are whispering to me to tell you to just pick up some spackle at the dollar store and go for it.

For the time being you should be able to get a new property bought to live in until this one is fixed...buy another duplex and start the rinse and repeat part.  

I bought a bank owned for half a million.

I think we need to brand that & sell a course, lol!

Preface: my employer got bought out by another corporation and we now currently use a different 401K company.

Hired a local contractor to walk the home and bid the entire project so I knew what I would spend before I bought.