Its hard to mention the hood and not realize that there are race implications no matter how you cut it.As much as I want to make money in this business and have studied info, and watched it going on in my own area I cant help but to get salty with people's attitudes at times.

I think that you just really just have to study your particular market and pay attention to who's redeveloping where.

I am open to hearing advice from people who have been where I am i.e. good books, study courses or just a good place to get started.Look forward to meeting you,Joseph

Read and study before doing anything.

First, DO NOT p*ss away even one dime on any sort of real estate investing class, home study course, boot camp or mentoring program.

You don't know what to do with it because really, you're into socializing a lot more than just studying investment opportunities.

I have studied about 6 different "gurus" and now making some solid cash in bank owned properties.

This is a lot of hard work and endless hours of studying and rersearch, but for me it has been worth it.

Here's a little information about me: I'm a full-time student studying Finance at University of Ottawa and just turned 20 less than a couple weeks ago.

We're both very excited about this.For the last couple of weeks I've been re-reading flip/rehab books I've bought in the past and studying REI forums intensely.