Im searching over the area now..seeing whats hot and not..I have a RE associate friend of mine, and Ive had a few talks with her.

Are there certain guidelines I need to follow when searching for funds?

This takes very little capital as long as you search hard for the right deals (i.e. no money down, very little work to do to the home, good market for rentals).

I found this forum in a google search and it looked like it is a very highly respected and informative forum....so obviously it was a great place to jump in and see how it goes.I help manage a website that is a great tool for any person looking to learn more about real estate or buy/sell real estate in any region of the country.I look forward to making future posts and getting to know a lot you!

Join a real estate investment club.do a google search on 'real estate investment club'I posted a link to a directory of clubs on this board, do a search.

Depending on the county and whether your state is a non disclosure state, but go to the county Central appraisal district, search by address or owner name and it should give you assessed value, owner, last sapes date and price etc.

This might be a dumb question - but here goes: In my search for my first investment property, every realtor I speak to has the same question - how much am I going to put down?

go to Amazon.com or bn.com and type real estate investing in the search area.

I have a question - who signs the sales contract Seller(As owner or As TRUST) and if I understood correctly, if the document is not record for title search purposes...explain how the chain of title will readSeller to TrustTrust to Buyer ????

I LOVE everything about real estate including searching, buying, rehabing, marketing, etc. and I would like to enter into it full time in the next 2-3 years.