I just wanted to share that though it may not seem like much at first, I have actually gone through quite a few forum posts (not nearly enough though), read J Scott's book on Flipping Houses and skimmed the Estimating Costs book, have listened to quite a few of the Bigger Pockets Podcasts while at work (still have more to go), skimmed through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Investing, re-read Rich Dad Poor Dad, read The E Myth Revisited, found a local REIA Meet up to attend (and will be going to my first meeting this week) and almost purchased the books required to start studying for my license (I'm still planning on this).   

An e-mail notice of what your HOA " expects " is different from what they can compel.

Me personally I started in a tech high school studing Carpentry and did that for a while after high school, worked in the record labels in NYC, club promotion, car sales, medical, insurance, etc... and did a full circle to what I love... something about treading through over grown, vacant, smelly, flee infested, houses has a very theraputic effect on me.

Originally posted by @Nat Chan:I recently hired a property manager to manage my Atlanta 4 bedroom house.....Hi Nat Chan,It looks like you left the name of the person who sent you an e-mail in your OP.  

everyday you read about people like donald trump and how they bought their next great deal for millions of dollars. the only thing you can derive from that is " it takes money to make money". that statement is true enough, but it isn't the whole answer. no one ever got anywhere by giving up, is one of my favorite quotes. having good credit and access to money is almost essential to investing in real estate. what you need to do is stop worrying about where you are in life and start thinking about how you can get where you want to be in life. i have actually bought a house for $500 once. in fact, i have purchased several houses over the last 11 years here in buffalo, ny and the most i have paid for one was $4100. most of what i buy are tax sale houses, i. e., houses that have been foreclosed on by local tax authorities for lack of paying property taxes. granted, most of these houses are in such a state of disrepair that they probably should be burned down and started over, but buying this way teaches you how to become one hell of a great handyman. start getting your credit in order. you hear a lot about these " credit repair" companies all around. the truth is,  THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING FOR YOU THAT YOU CANNOT DO FOR YOURSELF. go to annualcreditreport.com and get a free copy of your credit report from all 3 agencies. by law, you are entitled to a free report each year from each company. on annualcreditreport.com, you can dispute every negative thing you see. thats how these credit repair places do it. they go on here and dispute anything that looks negative. by law, the credit agency has to follow up on your dispute to any and all creditors that you dispute. these creditors have 30 days to respond back to the agency as to whether or not this report is accurate. if they fail to answer back in 30 days, then that part of the report is removed from your report, just as if it never existed. hence, your credit score goes up and you become more desirable to  lenders. 

@JimWilson we are looking in Eastwood/Tipp Hill, some outside towns as well ( E.

It is NOT illegal to "wholesale" in Florida is correct BUT there are only two ways to do it legally:1. be licensed2. own it (be on title)If those wanting to "learn" this "business" choose to pay frauds and scammers that teach people to use deception, etc I would caution against trusting anyone that promotes dishonesty.

we never made any sales from the magazine e but we always got one new sale from a client when we would attend their trade shows but your paying on average $750 for  booth and then all the trip and hotel cost. 

They also convinced me to get the audiobooks of Rich Dad Poor Dad and the E Myth, both of which were great.

Hey @Roy E Paul thanks for introducing yourself!