However, like any investment, when you are familiar with the process, markets, people, etc., you learn how to mitigate that risk. 

Originally posted by @William Allen:@Mike A.Welcome to BP, I recently moved to Florida from Lexington Park, MD so I know that market pretty well.  

I'm a licensed real estate agent specializing in investment properties in Indianapolis and Central Indiana. 

Figured I would start a little series talking about my day to day in note investing and what the gurus do not teach you as they always make note investing seem black and white where in reality, most of it is in the gray area.Here is an example, you foreclose on a property and the property is still occupied.

I’m totally new to investing (24yr old) and I have about 10K saved. 

@Kathy Creighton-SmithYou need to calculate your Return on Equity and then figure out if you can get a better return investing the money in something else. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence wholesale investment.

Coastal rentals can be a solid investment with strong demand.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

I'm new to this community, and new to investing in general.