All of my friends do not understand my ambitions and dreams for becoming an investor but Im sure i will meet new people on this forum that will understand my drive.

Account Closed  Let me make sure I am understanding this correctly.  

Every one of these that I have been to has been a flip (I understand they have had some that have not been flips but i did not attend those) and I have learned something at each one and I would have learned more if I was flipper. 

I here you Adam and no understand how you feel.

Hopefully with the right tools and proper understanding of the real estate market i can become a successful home flipper.

Albert Zheng if you understand Cashflow with all expenses included not the kind you tell you friends you will sell.

If you understand what the appraisers will be looking for you can significantly increase values by documenting the repairs made by your contractors.

It's my understanding that hard money lenders aren't necessarily the formal businesses you might find online, but simply any person/entity willing to provide a short term loan, collateralized by property, and willing to take (mostly) interest only payments and defer full / majority repayment of the principal upon the term end.

So if there are any lenders on here that have no problem and would love to help a newbie investor get started that would be awesome, if not I understand but if you could point me in the right direction that would be great!  

Consider:  cash flow IS NOT directly related to the neighborhood;  it is related to rents in the neighborhood vs the FMV.The "working class" was my target market too so I understand that priority.