I thought that was kind of coincidental how I kind of followed the strategy without intention.Anyways, what I'm wondering is how do I repeat this process?

What kind of interest rate are you getting on a "personal loan"?

For meeting potential new buyers, coffee shops is common practice.

It sounds to me like he's trying to squeeze some work out of you.What is common for your market?

I mean there is always a chance you can jump off of a 100 foot cliff and survive but that is not the common or best way to get to where you want to go and 9 times out of 10 you will never make it, only jam yourself up.

We have been to look at 4 or 5 houses so far, and I also get the feeling that, since she lives far away from Englewood, she just wants to kind of get this over with.

I hate having these kinds of talks.

I work professionally as a property manager for an apartment community of 256 units so investing in real estate and eventually trading up to small Apartments is kind of a no brainier for me.

I will have to look into going to the foreclosure auction, thank you Marcus.depending on area investors kind of shoot for that 1% rule so that would put market value with 950 rent at 95 or so minus repairs.. at least what I have seen in parts of FLA maybe that area landlords will pay more.

I hear that 25% is pretty common.