In my area the houses are worth around $275,000 average, if i buy my first home, fix it then sell it in 3 years and continue doing the same thing for five houses.

Unless you take equity out of the replacement properties and increase your debt you're continuously having to find properties to protect a greater and greater investment or several smaller properties in the aggregate.

I will continue to absorb and attain as much continuing education and market knowledge as I possibly can until I fully reach my potential as an investor and agent in this industry.

We want to continue to share information about the progress of or investments with our family, but it is difficult to continue when we meet with so much fear and resistance.

You could also look into the steel buildings, kind of like warehouse style - http://www.rhinobldg.com/steel-building-specials.htm I feel that far too many people do the 'mainstream' thing not because it makes them happy but because its what everyone tells them they should do.Just remember that what you want to do now may change as you get older.

I would ask what kind of training and continuing education/seminars you offer?

Thanks for having me.It's hard to explain the personal satisfaction I feel when the information I provide prevents someone from:[list]Paying too much at a Tax Deed or Foreclosure auction,Buying a vacant lot that is not buildable Buying a property that's loaded down with all kinds of encumbrances[/list:u]Information I provide also allow a bidder to continue bidding when others stop because they don't know the market value of the property and correspondingly, stops while others continue bidding because the bid is beyond market.In some cases the information also allows the investor to contact the delinquent Tax payer and offer to take over the property before it gets to the auction.

Of course there are a lot of "investors" who buy a rental knowing that it won't cash flow, but they KNOW that prices will continue to appreciate and they'll make their profit on the sale.

I need help understanding as I continue to learn about the wonderful world of RE................

If rehabbing turns into something I continue to do, I'll list only what I think I need to to keep him in my court or to get a house sold.