you really have inspired me.I just found this forum last night, and I think this chat room will be my secret weapon in many future investing deals.Being a newbie in investing after just paid HUGE bucks to sucess path ( a branch under Premium Financial Training: ) , I am just so overwhelmed with the knowledge I just received from the millionaire seminar speaker boot camps training, it made me think doing real estate investing is easy and profitable, but after I trying to do some basic stuff i.e.: finding properties , analyze deals, found out, hey !

I'd be willing to bet a few bucks that this guy is doing something similar.

Don't they want a million bucks?

As you've probably gleaned, there's no real right or wrong answer here, particularly when you're talking about a few hundred bucks (30k, we'd all be urging you to save your $$). 

I think it's a must have but it something that needs some time to mature before it becomes useful.  

Consider Indianapolis...more bang for your buck!

If you have good ones, don't risk losing them by trying to extract a couple more bucks per month.

@Jeff Rabinowitz my wife and I have invested a few bucks here and there for several years now.  

It would allow the money you invest to mature and really start pumping out cash flow as opposed to tying it up in a home.  

You then market the property at 100%ish of value, then put the two of them together and keep the option fee for your efforts, which should be several thousand bucks, with very little out of pocket and very little risk.