I was reading this morning and article about 1 in 5 houses have no equity.HousingWire - 1 in 5 Home Owners DrowningIn my opinion, there are few GOOD options for the Home Seller.Options1.

Good article, thank you @Matt Devincenzo for pointing it out!

I have read articles, books, watched videos about Investing and now I'm a little overwhelmed.

The good news is there are plenty of deals to be had

I knew at some point I'd invest in real estate, and made a hobby of watching the local market, and reading all the articles in the paper about it.I was 35 before I was in the position to really commit to my first rental purchase - we had the money, the skills, and time commitment that we felt we needed to take the plunge.

I wrote a wholesaling article that will be beneficial if you decide to do it:http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4430/blog_posts/32194-attention-wholesalers-2-ways-to-stand-out-from-your-competition

Check out this EPIC article on REG A+ vs REG D vs crowdfunding http://www.pepperlaw.com/publications_update.aspx?

I would suggest you read appropriate articles from the learn section as well as watch the podcasts it will assist you in making the right choices.

Anything the news tells you is a place to be is going to be tough to get really good deals.You have a lot of people flocking there to buy stuff and people that don't know the area and are just getting into investing will pay more just because they don't know any better if nothing else.So if you are wholesaling it will be hard to compete if you have to buy stuff at <65% to be able to sell the established investors at 70% when they can by at 75% to resell to newer guys at 80+%.

So good news, if they get back together, he can move back in to his 4000SF house.Then he told me why they broke up.