I bet you have never sanded sheetrock in your life. 

Hard to bet against appreciation of prime SF peninsula real estate long term.And most importantly - .....Go Giants

They would be looking at a 15k check versus in into the hundreds of thousands for the larger deals.Hope it helps. 

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

This might be  a silly / stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway, because frankly, I just don't know the answer.In the area that I'm looking for a rental property, using Zillow as the source, the property tax i...

How much more efficient is the new boiler versus the old ...15%, 40%... more?  

Also check to see what utilities have to kept in L/L name versus tenatns name. 

As one VP told me they want to be able to drop by and see the investor if there is an issue versus being out of the country and there is a disconnect to resolve things immediately.Some local banks will offer a "foreign national" program but want as much as 40 to 50% down which after your foreign currency exchange kills cash on cash returns.

I don't know those guys (I stay away from gurus) but my money is betting they will tell you stuff that will get you in trouble, betting 2 to 1.

In other words, spend a few days on this site reading all you can and I'd bet along with buying J's Book you'll learn a lot more about RE investing than you can learn from any guru, whether they want $1,200 or $25K!