:clap: The main strategy will be credit card debt restructuring, and a portion of the fund will be given to me to trade for them.

flipping houses your main interest, maybe some longer term rentals?

I've seen that before, but its usually in 1 factory towns where the one main job source leaves.

I agree with gfw, the main concern of the agent is going to be whether you are wasting his or her time.

My main goal for this next year is to expand my operations into at least one nearby city, probably Lubbock, TX.

The basic numbers I see are usually:Purchase Price- price you pay for the propertySelling Price - amount you will sell the property for (not necessarily what you will list it for)Holding Costs- monthly payments, insurance, utilities, points paid upfrontRE Agent Commission - agent's commission on the sale of the property (commission on the purchase of the property is considered paid by the seller)Rehab costs - total expenses used in rehabbing the property from lawn, paint, permits, property inspection, contractors, supplies, etc.Profit - the amount you must make to take the dealIf you take the selling price and first subtract the purchase price, then subtract the expenses (holding costs, agent commission, rehab) you should have your Profit amount.

(share drive or its own main rd frontage?)

Use it to rake up over $500 on supplies.

Welcome to the forum, Kenneth.The variety of real estate is one of its main draws for me, also.

I have been investing in real estate for 4 years , mainly single family homes , then rent them.