I am also a real estate agent and partners with my partner (investor, friend and owner of DJB Properties) in working to expand in sales, rehabbing, and expanding our property management.

I help investors acquire rentals in quite a few different markets.  

Having a general working knowledge of the area you want to invest in is usually step one.I'm relatively new to investing as well (working on acquiring my 4th unit now) - I'm in the Chicago area and in general I know that returns in the Midwest can be higher than in coastal areas, so you have that going for you; but every neighborhood has it's own oddities and character.

There are also other investment factors, appreciation and tax relief, depreciation and at the time of sale the recapture of depreciation, you don'y have these issues with other securities portfolios. 

Grab pics of a house for sale on Zillow or wherever from a different state than yours.

In a simultaneous transaction, I am entering a security agreement with the owner for a share of any profits from sale and (if applicable) rental, which is substantially more than if I charged interest on the note.

Yes I will charge them more than I have to pay on the down payment, monthly payments and end sales price.

How do I enter into a whole sale contract with assign-ability while having my RE license?

How do I go about structuring a lease option with a "for sale by owner" deal?

At the age 24 I had acquired and ran my own restaurant but I am now real estate investing full time.I am opportunist, seeking deals daily.Real estate ExperienceGrowing up in family who owned several multi family propertiesI have taken many courses to enrich my Real Estate platform.Created a Rent to Own CompanyWithin the past eight months I have done 15 JV deals - 22 doorsReal Estate GoalsMy real estate goal for this year, it to acquire 20 more doors by December.Currently seekingSeeking Qualified JV partners for multi-unit cash flowing rental properties.Private lenders or Hard money lenders, who will lend to Canadians to puchrase properties in the States.