Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.I run a small analytics consulting business in Boston, and develop data science courses for several online education platforms.I'm interested in real estate investing as a means of diversifying my portfolio and providing additional streams of passive income.

You should be able to get one since you make enough to save up 25k.

Birmingham have a lot of vacant tax delinquent properties. you cant fill out the application online to purchased the property

.), scrubbing the public records for notice of defaults (a list you have to manually do as our county doesn't have the records online), bandit signs (but 3 wholesale players have entered our market and take down every sign we put up), door knocking (Which takes up too much time).

@ Ross Reeves I just looked up pa deals online and it looks like they have a mixed reputation.

They could just leave if they wanted and save half a months rent...at least, that is what I understand in the jargon above...

If behind the scenes you think that your own income should be able to get a Lender onto your side - how will you answer their question: "why do you have NO money saved?"

Tom Webber fire your listing agent and list it on the MLS for a small fee of $99 yourself and you would only need to compensate the buyers agent if they bring one and that would save you 3% possible 6% of the selling price which is able to lower your price to 3% less just to sell it right away.I'm my flip property I did it that way and it work like a charm.

I am currently trying to save for the down payment of my first property and wanted some advice about getting financing.

Can anyone recommend a reputable source of online information to find out a property's market value, taxes, liens, owners.