What is your favorite ways to find good deals? 

One of my favorites.

A $400 gamble is always worth it.

Bigger Pockets-Bigger Pockets has been a source of several of my business partners over the years and is one of my favorite places to network online.  

It allows you to save articles to your own section and you can easily review later.Sometimes I save my current favorite BP articles with an application called Pocket.

I found BP by listening to their podcasts (I have to drive A LOT for my job so it is my new favorite past time in the car!).

His specialty is starting businesses and putting money into RE.One of his favorite sayings is this (@Matt R. - you'll love this):Problem with Americans is that everyone knows how to sell, but nobody knows how to buy...he is freaking right!

He is also currently looking at a lead we got for a property in La Conchita to see if there is anything that can be done with it that we didn't think of. if you're ever in the 805, please allow us to take you to your favorite Sushi restaurant in Ventura to show our appreciation.

If you buy something cheap enough, and can afford to lose your shirt, you may be able to take a gamble in some other state. 

I would donate 10% to my favorite charity/church.I would pay off any personal debt that I hadI would add to my emergency fund to have a minimum of 8-10 months reserves The remainder would then give me my foundation for determining which direction to invest and I would prepare a shortlist of my Top 3 prospective investments and then research each of them and their attributes and pick the one (s) that meet my defined goals the best.