You have to get a study guide or go to state exam review courses to be able to pass the state exam the first time.

After reviewing many medium-sized cities, mostly near my hometown in Southern Michigan, I discovered Fort Wayne.  

I don't know a lot on the market/economics side, but in my day job we've spent the last decade studying consumer sustainability behaviors across the U.S.

Next thing you know, I did a cursory glance around summer 14' and discovered cash flow still existed... b/c local rents had surged by like $400+/unit!!

I just discovered many more resources thanks to the references from the helpful people on this thread, so I intend to get working on my part of the homework. ;) As for the business entity, I haven't gotten it set up just yet, but I am acquainted with an excellent US/Canada tax and asset protection lawyer who is an expert in that matter and he can help me with it once I have the property ready to go.

I studied real estate in college.

I am looking forward to getting involved and finally taking action to apply the material we all continuously study.

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It's not so fine if you have budgeted $400 a month and discover after you buy that the real expenses are actually negative $850 a month.I would not count on much appreciation in California in the next 2 years, so you want to make your money by buying a lot of equity.

I study all of the gurus out there and have purchased Chris's material.