Note that the MLS is not available for rentals in all areas.4- Include an email option to the ad5- Consider moving away from Google Voice/getting to the point where a person answers.6- get a for rent sign in the ground.7- do not decrease the rent yet.  

Hello Fellow BigPocketers,I am very new to this game of real estate and I am truly grateful for all the knowledge that is given within this site. 

I can't bring too much to the table as I am not yet invested in any real estate, but I am grateful for the wealth of knowledge and amount of help and time spent by real estate professionals.

I'm not too far from you I reside in Evergreen Park Illinois and my brother and I are partnering to get our first deal off the ground.

I've done several rehabs and would not EVEN attempt to do one remotely unless I had people lined up that I knew I could trust intimately.In this situation, I would absolutely not mortgage my residence to fund this deal unless I was certainly I could pay the loan even if this deal goes belly up.Now that you're in this far, the number one thing to do is to get to Cleveland and Toledo and see what the real situation is on the ground and to meet some people.

Yea, its good to at least set that initial stake in the ground and watch things develop as your learn along the way..

If you would like to network or recommend a meeting area where I could meet such Investors I would be very grateful. 

our 27 lots subdivision was paved last week... franchise utilities and back yard drains left .. plans for 2 models into city hope to record plat and break ground mid april..

I'm sure he would be very grateful. 

Also as a second question would it be wise to start looking at a home or duplex while still here in ohio or to wait till i have feet on ground in texas?