I know you can't give "official" legal/tax advice.

Although an official CMA (comparative market analysis) from a licensed Realtor is the preferred method and source of evaluation, there are many free and paid websites online that allow investors to reference "comps" online.I have a complied an on going and up to date list each year for my fellow investors.

Not busted, as we didn't officially have an appointment.

I am 22 years old and currently have a Bi weekly salary of $1200 once taxes, 401k, health insurance, and all of those good things are taken out of my check.

I'd look at places at say 75,000 population + but not innercity over 200,000, personal thing, I hate traffic for one thing, but you also get more competition, lose that small bank relationships, generally have more metro regulations, health and building code issues and it's much harder to get into an influencial positions in the community, you may only get to be a small fish in a big pond.

How many knew that the ARELLO was an organization of law making officials that influence RE?

It was a package deal and it took me much longer to find my first deal so by the time I had the deal, my mentoring was over 'officially' but they did continue to help me a bit.A really good mentor will tailor a program for you and not just put you in their cookie cutter program.

Taking your current $50K a year example, when you add things like health insurance, retirement plan and employer paid taxes, you are closer to a $75K number than the $50K number.

As of now, I have no experience in REI but believe it offers a great opportunity to improve my financial health.

We are looking to basically provide a custom home building experience to redeveloped historical (some officially others just in old neibhorhoods) urban houses by providing the same level of service that a high quality custom builder provides to their clients.