Kylie, You referenced Roth IRA, so I will provide some education on this topic to hopefully help you: 1) Roth IRA contributions, can be distributed from the Roth anytime tax and penalty free.

Kyle - If you're looking for specific ways to educate yourself on rehab costs, I would suggest you consider some of the following:1) Read J.

I believe these posts are influenced by the pay for education syndication model.

If the purchase price is $400K, you can write the offer so that the net amount to the seller is $398K.Lastly, if you believe there is opportunity in your local market, educate the BP community!

Again, that's an educated guess and not a fact. 

After years of educating myself on real estate, I'm eager to finally jump in and do a small deal out of state.

Perhaps not a trend to consider across the city but any neighborhood that would attract college educated young professional families seems to be a good bet if you wanted to focus on this asset type.I plan to build 12 townhomes as a second phase of a condo/townhome project in a good area of Mount Airy near the Chestnut Hill boarder and even though I’m likely to years away from being ready to begin phase 2, my current plans are to keep the 12 homes as rentals for the precise reasons I outlined above.  

I'm ready to start expanding my MTR portfolio and am currently in the "educate myself" phase.  

Educate Yourself:Even though you're already making moves, there's always more to learn.

If its important for you educate everyone on forum etiquette, have at it sir.