There's also lots of new players wanting to flip houses, especially inexpensive ones. 

read as many books (Half Price brooks is a good source for inexpensive books) as possible related to marketing, investing, general business, mindset, etc.3. 

Visit open houses, pull up a Zillow map and wrap your brain around recorded sales numbers in different neighborhoods, visit the local REIA, etc.For a more expensive market like Hawaii, you may need to be flexible or discard completely the 70% MAO formula -- that's your call, but understand that an expensive market does differ in this regard from an inexpensive market like you may have in the Midwest or South.

Does anyone have any recommendations on a phone and/or internet provider that will be really inexpensive?

The Oklahoma market has always intrigued me because I grew up in Oklahoma and it seems relatively inexpensive to invest in Oklahoma compared to Utah where I've started to invest.

i am looking at a 16,470 sqft office building asking 4.4m online broker emailed me at 4.9m, its fully occupied with leases until 2022 , i feel its worth 3.9m but having a hard time finding comps. the proforma states 442900 gross income 167975 in expenses,i know i know not to base off the proforma ive requested to see the actual p&l maintenance records and such before i move further. just wanted some more advise on what to look for, ask broker info i shuld get before continuing to walk through or even have inspected i already have a property in same town for 16 years im very comfortable with the area. this is looking to be my first investment to add to the other properties i inherited. i went to real estate full time not too long ago sold my business of 16 years took the plunge into real estate full on an am loving itthank you

I doubt the validity of this method but opted to attend because it was local, relatively inexpensive and creative enough to spark my interest.

Check out the podcasts, specifically the ones discussing investing in expensive markets....  

The annual membership is inexpensive, and it will come in handy.

Is there an inexpensive way to get the PMI removed?