There is a ton of knowledge to be gained.

If you can break even every month and sell in two years for a $60k gain, then it's worth it.

BUREAU CHIEFShutterstockHome prices in Denver are up 10% year-on-year.Here’s a city-by-city look at house prices, as the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite showed a 0.9% monthly gain for March and a 5% year-on-year gain.Note that the cities are those selected by the Case-Shiller report, and that major metropolitan areas including Houston and Philadelphia are not included.CityMonthly gainYearly gainAtlanta0.8%5.4%Boston0.4%4.6%Charlotte0.9%5.8%Chicago0.9%3.4%Cleveland0.4%1.0%Dallas1.8%9.3%Denver1.4%10.0%Detroit0.8%4.2%Las Vegas1.1%5.7%Los Angeles0.8%5.5%Miami1.0%8.7%Minneapolis0.9%3.0%New York-0.1%2.7%Phoenix0.6%3.1%Portland1.1%6.9%San Diego1.3%4.8%San Francisco3.0%10.3%Seattle2.3%7.5%Tampa1.4%8.1%Washington0.8%1.0% Seasonally adjusted, the March home price gain was an even stronger 1%.

However, outside of a retirement fund, you can 1031 your investments and shield 100% of your gain.

That way you can gain experience, and know how to properly manage your property manager when the times comes for you to pass on those duties to someone else. 

I just finished sending out my first wave of direct mail postcards and my plan is to start out wholesaling properties to gain more experience to be able to venture into different areas of real estate.

hi my name is Da'Juan and I'm brand new in real estate investing and wanting to start out wholesaling to gain some money then move on to rehab do anyone have any advice on starting out and is there anyone already investing in the area that is looking for houses that I might can assist 

You will learn a TON and gain the confidence to take the next step before you know it.

We would gain at least $50k in equity after completing some minor upgrades, and once a retail project down the street is completed we could have even more.But the purchase price would still max out our budget and nearly obliterate our savings rate.

As a first investment would I be better off living in as my primary for a year to get the wheels rolling and gain experience?