I plan on financing my first purchase using my VA loan but have difficulty deciding where to buy, as I am not from Texas and not knowledgeable about the markets.

Hello everyoneI am having difficulties understanding how investors can get more financing after the first or second property.

Now that you're done, are you looking for more deals in Hall and/or Gwinnett counties, or are you open to other parts of Metro Atlanta as well?

What is more difficult is the HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical but you can sub those things out.

Everybody on here claims to be  entrepreneurial yet whenever some body asks this question they all point out the difficulties.

That being said, we are aggressively working to identify serious investors that will put that money to work.To your point there are charlatans out there that are taking advantage of individuals which certainly adds to the difficulty of what we’re trying to accomplish with serious investors that are looking for a solution that will allow them to get into real estate investing when they have bad credit and very little money.

If you look on a map, you will notice that while Lakeland is a City, it is nowhere near the size of Orlando or Tampa.The positoning of Bartow and Lakeland put them within "commuter distance", but it is a bit of a reach.With the decline of citrus, there were some difficulties, but... there is a resurgence underway due to the contruction start-up of the huge new CSX Intermodal center, all the highway infrastructure work, and the opening of LegoLand which is starting a resurgence of home ownership, and a strong rental market.

I've always assumed that one factor has probably been that the difficulty of getting financing now has shrunk the pool of buyers even more so than it did for primary residence homes.

I have had difficulty finding reasonably priced buy and hold properties in your area (Richardson/Plano/Carrollton), but if you can get your first few nearby, it is helpful for the learning curve.Andy

There are so many great people in this area, you shouldn't have much difficulty making good connections.