My name is O'Neil Campbell and I live in the Missouri City Texas are. 

To you folks that are paying gurus to learn lending, make sure 1) they actually have a formal credit/lending background and 2) make sure they went through at least the last major crash of 2007-2009 and lived to tell about it.

We live in San Diego and I have realized that buying here in this market will definitely not cash flow so considering Midwest as well as other options.

Hello,I live in a pretty hot market, with very low vacancy rates and high property demand. 

The state you live in may not be a good place for this.You can always travel to states that do have good laws surrounding investor purchased tax liens.To me, anything over a 12 month redemption period is not good

Many investors, like you also enjoy coming here with their families and using the homes.

Investors with experiences and losses recommend living within 3 or 4 hours of the rental, so it's easy to drive back if something goes haywire.My friends live 2 hours from theirs and it's a hassle. 

My team and I are about to close on our first RALF in the NOLA area. We are buying it seller financed for less than 5% down and are very ecstatic to get started. Current facility director and most employees are stayin...

I live 2.5 hours from there and initally I started out completely on my own, with a local housekeeper that I found from Angie's List. 

-condo that we live in as primary residence, VA loan, est. $40k in equity.