Looking forward to reading the blogs/posts, making new friends /colleagues and getting involved here.Long term goals include investing in vacation rentals and eventually dropping out of the 9-5 rat race.Florida's gulf coast is where I want to end up!

Specifically west of Western St and north of the river.  

I'm currently scouring the southwestern Allegheny County/Western Westmoreland County/Eastern Washington County lines (all 30 min from my home) looking for deals as well.

In many west coast brokerages they do not allow dual agent status.. they want each side being represented separately.. although many do double end deals but its not that common...

There is also the Western Mass REIA in West Springfield if you want to dip your toe in MA before moving.  

Here are the numbers on it:Purchase Price $315,000Unit 1 ($900), Unit 2 ($875), Unit 3 if we were to rent it out ($1200)Current monthly outlay including utilities, mortgage, escrow, etc:  $2185At the moment we are near breaking even while living in the unit and expect to clear almost $800/month when we move on to our next property.As of almost a month ago, we put an accepted offer (with the seller) in on a short sale duplex in a western suburb for $230,000.  

I have studied several areas in central Maine and feel there are several properties that could be a great deal, but would like to know how other investors have been fairing in the Waterville/Augusta/Mid-Coast Maine area.

In 2012 I graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor Degree in Marketing with a concentration in Social Media and a Minor in Sales.I currently live in the community of Woodway with my fiance and our two dogs Pendleton and Sadie.

@Jason Allen  out here on the west coast you will get a preliminary title report.. you read that.. most properties in a subdivision setting are pretty vanilla when it comes to title.. the lender is NOT going to close is there are any title issues that would harm you or them.you can then sit down with your Realtor or Escrow officer and read through it together.. it would not be very common to retain an attorney for this unless for some reason there is something that really raises red flags.. again the lender will not loan on anything that has adverse title issues. common things to look for though would be1.

Hawaii is like the west coast market but worse.