Your problem seems to be that you want to be told the magic shortcut to success in real estate, without having to learn the basics or put in any work.

I am paying a premium monthly rent of 2000$ to live in a good school district.

If I can shadow experienced people when they do their real estate magic, it would be great.Primary Objective: Create a portfolio of rental properties to have basic financial security.

Housing for students is generally priced higher in this market since the students only stay for one year and they will pay a premium for being able to walk to school (also renting a unit like ours will allow them to each have their own room and is significantly less expensive than living on campus).

That's why I thought to myself, "I should totally flip a house this summer before I head off to school".

It is in a very easy to rent neighborhood, by a university and dental school, and medical center. in fact it will aready will be rented out until june 2015. the purchase price is 140K, rent 1300. is this a good deal?

I had sold more than 80 properties and had assumed rehab required magic skill and lots of capital.

They are building these lodges up here.It would take a lot of money to do something by Watford or Williston but the areas around outer edges of the oil field might work.In Carpio a company bought a school and converted it to housing.

A flyer has as much sophistication as an invitation to an ice cream social at a church, or a donation to the school sports program for a car wash.The letters I receive inviting me to investment seminars from estate planners and investment brokers are on stationary, not copy paper, much less some garbage colored letter.

., and would try to find up and coming areas within those cities with low vacancy, low crime rates, and decent school districts.