I attend UNC Charlotte and am a Board member of our Campus Real Estate Group where we are a community of students interested in all aspects of Real Estate whether it’s investing, development or brokerage. We have mem...

I've been educating myself on real estate investment for quite some time now and am looking to help in any way possible as I start on this journey towards my first deal.

So I have been working in the education field since 2012 and I love it , I want to become a special education teacher .

Be sure to check title before you do so and educate yourself on the risks of buying at Sheriff's Sale.

In the meantime, I was wondering what advice is out there to do in the meantime to allow myself to be best prepared.Currently, I spend most of my time reading literature and educating myself on Real estate investing.

It's just under $290/mo, which is about $100 cheaper than publicly offered programs.

Initially when I began educating myself, I wanted to begin with a duplex (easier to begin with for self property managing) but now I want to make the first deal a great one so I can get out of the rat race as fast as I can. 

Since we don't know where it is it is impossible to comment you don't even have a single picture to allow for an educated guess.

Find a realtor and get your boots on the ground after you have studied all the information available on here regarding Finances, investing and real estate in general.This is high risk regardless how you approach it so be well educated before you begin and all your questions will be answered.

I can't really speak into the actual legalities and logistics of it all just b/c I am not well versed in it...however, I did learn a lot about how it functions just by reading up on the lawsuit files that are posted publicly online.