My goal was to buy single family homes in distressed properties ( short sales, or NOD leads by calling home owners and seeing if they want to sell before they go into foreclosure)  in a growing population area with strong job growth and buy, add value , and rent them out for tiny bits of cashflow and wait for appreciation. 2 main questions I have at the moment. 1) How did you pick your market to buy your first investment? 

I've been doing passive and active REI for almost 20 years now....mainly multifamily

Reading further down the thread I notice you were mainly looking at the Wholesale route.

Main key point is prevent conducive conditions allowing or encouraging termites to invade your property.

I appreciate your input.You’re right it did come across a little abrasive and that isn’t my main intention, so I apologize for that.I guess my main point was you acknowledge it’s not an investment (that’s good, we agree there) but then where we disagree is youre trying to apply investment financing (like seller financing with balloon payments) to something you just said isn’t an investment.Obviously you can do this if you want, but I think it’s a bad idea.  

These are two main factors in growing the economy.

I would place wedding at the top of the list due to the time constraint and the pressure...Mainly, any descent photographer can do it.

This house is 2400 sq ft 4 bedrooms (3 on the main level and 1 in the basement) as well as a family room in the basement.

The Main reason id like to do it is the access to MLS and for education. 

The Main reason id like to do it is the access to MLS and for education.Do you think is worth it?