Tips:- Build your credit starting NOW- Start saving money NOW- Start reading everything you can get your hands on about real estate NOW- Start networking with other investors -- try finding a real estate investing group/association in your area- Once you have some base knowledge, start putting together a plan of action to achieve your goal -- it will likely consist of various intermediate steps you need to take to get to your goal- Start looking at and evaluating deals so you know what a good deal looks like (and doesn't look like)- Ask lots of questions along the wayIt may take a few years to get where you're trying to get, but if it's really what you want, you won't give up until you achieve it...

We had many showings, zero offers, and consistent feedback of "too much money for the area", "nice but too much money", etc.

This is very common in my market.If your getting beat consistently, you may need to tighten up your numbers a bit, or look at a different property value range.

Because the end game for rentals provides consistent cash flow with virtually zero effort.

Hi,I was reading old threads and came across this one...I know the margins are still tight in Phoenix for fix and flips, but I was wondering if anybody is consistently generating 10k+ profits around the 200-250k price point?

Consistency is key.

Fees consist of a few components.

We move them pretty consistently.

Here is an article I wrote about that: [http://realestateinvestmentblog.silentpartnergroup.com/2011/01/gravity-of-neighborhoods.html]Availabity of opportunities in that neighborhood with the right returns, of course also factors in.But if I had to choose between short term yield and the long term stability of a neighborhood I would live in, I'd take the latter all day long.Mark Andrew Small[www.silentpartnergroup.com]investments so consistent and profitable - they're boring...

This is, simply, ignorance.Mark Andrew Smallinvestments so consistent & profitable - they're boring...