Yet other areas have enough inventory to get a good deal and yet enough activity to be able to sell the rehabbed property.You need to learn about the costs for doing the work, buying, selling, and holding the property.

Not paying rent, illegal activity, whatever.

Your best bet is just start putting in offers and see what happens.

I just started actively looking into real estate investing in March of 08.

Those of you who know me from my posts know that I've been an active investor for 30 years, and that I've seen some big market swings.

We hope to have many children (I come from a family of 9 and she's the oldest of 8 ).I'm a Christian, and active in our local church (Sunday School teacher, bookkeeper, regular attendee, tithing member, etc.).That's a good place to start.

The key to success in this business is having systems for everything and hiring others to do low dollar activities for you.

There are world leaders out there who are not very nice people and who are paying a lot of attention to politics in the USA.I actively dislike Clinton, but her response was the correct one for a president.

You can just forget doing an assignment at all, unless your buyer is using Hard Money or Cashola.If you are doing a double closing, FHA will not work at all, as they require at least 90 if not 180 days title seasoning depending on a few factors. if you are trying to pull off a double closing, the best bet is to get a cool title company, a transactional funding lender, and a Fannie Mae qualified buyer.

(Makes me feel claustrophobic just thinking about it :badwords: )I'm betting the septic system is going to cost a bundle with all the new regulations around here...