A good way to begin is to read the Bigger Pockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing as Josh and Brandon did a great job with it.

As @Robert suggested, going through the pre-license course is a good idea, even if you don't ultimately become an agent.

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Any extra money not contributed out of your earnings should find a good home in real estate that can ultimately reduce your tax on ordinary income.

James - you can either go to your local advertising campaign store or, go to your local bookstore (or Amazon, etc.) and get a copy if Dan Kennedy's 'The Ultimate, No BS Guide to Sales Letters.'

That also means quality housing going with FHA.Brian, I know you deal with nicer homes, loving the better schools as a competitive advantage, that's a good way to go.While you don't have a question and asked for a comment, it's an opportunity to say that conventional financing programs are the keys to the doors in residential housing.Installment contracts must begin with conventional loans in mind, the ultimate goal is getting a buyer to meet lending requirements.

Another error comes when a home is going to be moved and costs of tear down, moving, and resetting the home are underestimated as a deduction and adjusting for the ultimate location.Many times we as lenders moved homes from one location to another because all the costs of teardown and moving and resetting were more than offset by the uptick in home value when placed in a more desirable community.

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Ultimately, I think I will run into this at least a little bit, but only experience can tell me if it’s going to be a big problem or not.Any experienced virtual wholesalers have any experience with this that they will share, or and tips to deal with building rapport with sellers from long distances?