@Gary Freidman As @Ryan Mullin said above, the zip code isn't very helpful, as the good/bad areas change several times within many of the zip codes.

Ben, don't make me throw a head lock on you and throw you on your lap top with a guru slam!

My current mindset would be to focus on purchasing a property once I reach the goal of maxing my 401k contribution, which hopefully I'll achieve within 2 years.The main thing I see right now is that in looking at real estate as an investment I am conflicted about proceeding on couple of things.First, In Florida, I notice a big savings in home owners insurance with homes built to the FBC2004 building code and most of the properties would be in more expensive.

However, the ethical representation of real estate is more in focus to the investor-realtor relation to be more specific.While the code of ethics establishes obligations that may be higher than those mandated by law, in any instance where the Code of Ethics and the law conflict, the obligations of the law must take precedence.Eventhough, it remains the moral duty of the realtor to provide the best benefits for investment in lieu of the investors trust for the realtor

He claims to go to any city and do deals with only a laptop and cell phone.Just wondering how it worked.Thanks

There's a cool new feature of Bigger Pockets that allows you to search for other members by zip code.

I'm happy it's inconvenient for the guy that wants it dropped in his lap.Serious investors will figure out what data is important, create databases that include the important fields, and either take a laptop to the data place (aka courthouse) or delegate the job to another to research and collect.And then the real fun begins when you create direct response marketing campaigns to reach and convert these leads to prospects and then monetize them by doing deals yourself and referring out the off-target for profit.

If the alarms starts beeping randomly, press 0(zero)4 + enter.23a was added after my property manager was out a half dozen times in a week to enter the code because the tenants never wrote it down or typed it in correctly.I don't really think of alarms as a selling point, but my tenants are not protecting valuables with any sort of monetary worth.

OCCUPANCY: Tenant/Buyer [ ] shall, [ ] shall not, have the right to occupancy before the property is repaired and habitable according to local housing and building codes.3.

Laws, regulations, codes let alone the market factors and type could never be fully known by out of state "Guru" types.