Your best bet is to find a deal where the total acquisition costs (including any deferred maintenance) are an amount that will equate to a positive cash flow return.

I bet your civil engineering background might come in handy in RE investing.

I applied to several one afternoon online and ended up getting about 4 cards and a total of $10K in credit between them all.

I haven't been able to find the report online - has anyone seen it?

Also, what is the best online real estate pre-licensure course.

Most of that can be obtained online from the county assessors office online now days.

Your best bet is to try to get all the financial information you can get evaluate the actual numbers (plus come up with a pro-forma of your own), and make an offer based on the cap-rate of the actual numbers.

Your best bet might be to see the house and make the offer there, so you can negotiate properly (without highlighting TOO much the deficiencies of the property) with the owner.

In the mean time I’m putting bread, actually more like takeout, on the table as a site analyst for an online clothing retailer.I’m looking forward to being an active member of this community and hopefully making some meaningful business and personal connections.

Can anyone recommend a store or online where I can buy these replacement windows at a good price.