Birmingham has experienced some decline in growth but seems to be on the rise!  

I look forward to connecting with the experienced investors on this forum and would love to pick your brain!

Hello everyone, my name is Alex, I'm 26 and live in the south of France.I work as technical sale engineer and beside I invest in real estate in order to be financially independant in 10/15 years.

Once they realized I didn't have a umbrella liability policy and nothing our personal name without a big loan they dropped the case.Just what I've experienced, everyone is entitled to their opinion, Good luck!

@Tom Gunnison start with the small local structural engineers that specialize in residential work.

it was great to hear some outside ideas from more experienced people!

If you put 1/100 as much effort into this "business" as you did Engineering you might not have these basic questions.I think you are lucky so far and I agree with @Victoria Avery (by the way Vic, how do you know so much about restraining orders;-)

Look to partner with an experienced person, or try to get it under contract and wholesale it.

Does anybody have an awesome Civil Engineer that they are super happy with for doing short platting in Seattle/King County area?

If you are a newbieinvestor, the best way to get comps would be to locate an experienced investor orRealtor.