Having said that, I strongly beleive energy is becoming a very finite resource in this world.

It made me think, wait a minute, doing all this work, and not even having the resources that a RE office has must be pretty hard.

I've looked around on the Internet and found some good resources but they have all been pay and I have a good feeling that if I look hard enough I could find these for free.

If I had a mentor to guide me, as another poster said, the confidence would be there.What would you recommend I do?

Originally posted by "ianternet":my mom is a real estate agent I didnt want to work with her as personal feeling or other things might get in between my ideas and purchases, so anywaysUse _ALL_ of your resources.

I have been lurking this forum for the past few weeks and am amaized at the level of information and resources available.

drweltman- ahha sorry about the connection problem, thats never fun to write alot and then lose it im gennerally open to anyhing but for now i guess the process of rehabing seems to make the most sense to me... are there any god resources for learning how to wholesale. also does anyone have any ideas for finding an rei mentor ?

When those numbers flip then you will see downtown changing, and then will be the time to get involved if you are a newer investor who doesn't have the resources to hold a property for years waiting for the market to rise.

Use your resources, like your computer and phone.this makese the most sense. you aren't too far from chicago or Indy or even mid-sized towns like Peoria or Bloomington, IL or Rockford, IL.

We've got thousands of resources, including a directory of real estate clubs.