I had plenty of mentors when I started, and even though I came from a Wall Street background, their generosity in sharing knowledge gleaned "in the trenches" has been invaluable, and saved me thousands of dollars.  

For your first rental, I would stay out of the Tree streets or French Hill, if you are buying in Nashua proper. 

I don't know the specifics of the note you were looking at but often BK notes and notes sold to smaller investors / funds don't report.It is also common to see notes for sale where it's already been foreclosed by the first mortgage (so they have nothing to sell).A few months ago I saw one where when you looked at Google Street view, the building had been half destroyed by a fire, yet the "value" was way high.

@Nick Orr Aurora has some good cash flow opportunities but also has good pockets that go to Naperville schools or parts of North Aurora that go to Batavia schools if you are looking for a B investment.  

Is there a way to see the sold prices for houses on just that 1 particular street?

The address is 406 Oakland Street in Manchester and I plan to start at 7PM.

@James Registerif your friend is in North Carolina don't do lease options, do a delayed sale and purchase, which is not under Dodd Frank, 36 month term, 3% earnest moneySee your local small bank and ask for 80% of appraisal loans.

Know all the streets, how much properties are trading for, go to all the open houses, research what is going on in the local business market (local newspapers, online forums can help with this).3.

The project was 6 months behind....the investor hired a relatively inexperienced contractor who spoke fluent spanish and ended up using whatever scab labor he could find off the street.  

I'm just a little north in Kendallville and have 42 units.