@Kevin GrinsteadHighlands Meaning Highlands Ranch or another neighborhood in the area  - I'm struggling a bit with the neighborhoods, towns and Denver areas.

The goals that I hope to achieve through real estate investing are: 1) to provide a cash flow stream for my mother as she gets older and requires assisted living or nursing home facilities, 2) provide a cash flow stream for my younger brother (who has Down's Syndrome) as he gets older and requires assisted living facilities and increased medical attention, and 3) provide a means of early retirement for me and my older brother.While listening to BP podcast #276 (my favorite) the other morning, I had that lightbulb moment of how to get started in real estate investing. 

If it’s the right relationship, that year compared to a life long foundation for financial freedom means nothing.

I mean, technically, it is mortgage fraud if you obtained mortgage as a second property with the intent to rent it out instead of using it as you informed the bank.

If it’s an on market deal and there don’t appear to be many on market deals that doesn’t mean the deals aren’t there.

I was wondering if anyone could give a general breakdown of what a C2 property means or if anyone had any helpful reading material.

I have a few rental property investors that would buy it at 150k but that obv means I'd have to offer probably 140k....I guess we will see.

BiggerPockets is here to let everyone learn and become successful without the secretive feelings and high price tags attached.Also, short of doing a deal for someone, you can give them all the info in the world, but that doesn't mean others will have more competition.

I have ignored them for some time, but any deal is a good deal at a certain price - it just means staying conservative on underwriting.What do people in barely stable/declining markets use as underwriting rules of thumb?

The first bar: You have to be a "real estate professional" which means you need 750 hours of real estate activity.