My wife and I closed on a primary home two weeks ago that is an "ugly" foreclosure with no major structural problems.

Hey everyone,I hope everybody is having a nice first half of their week!

Hey all,Hope everybody is having a nice first half of their week!

Also something I've been looking at is buying properties in areas that are a two hour drive away, but we all work "9-5s" and will have no time to visit during the week, but again since this is our first project what is people's thoughts?

For duplexes, I remember seeing a couple properties pop up last week around there in the $180k asking range with market rents that may get you to the 1% rule.

I didn’t have a large marketing budget, or any budget for that matter, so in order to send out the direct mailers I bought a list and put together 2000 yellow letters by buying the paper and envelopes in bulk at Walmart and then spending the next couple of weeks every night from midnight to 2am, after the kids were sleeping, just folding and stamping them to save money.

Just to close out this thread, I closed last week.

Just started listening to BP a few weeks ago!

Also, I will be in Phoenix, AZ in a week for a volleyball tournament, so if you're reading this and are from that area and wouldn't mind giving me an hour of your time and sit down for lunch or something to chat about real estate investing, that would be awesome as well.

I am going to Florida this weekend but I will be back in Brunswick all next week.