I have been using my own excel spreadsheets for the last 4 years. 

It can go from "Street to Street" on where you should invest but the returns are excellent and I am having a lot of success with it. 

I ordered a 3-way topsoil mix (1/3 sand, 1/3 silt, and 1/3 sawdust) and what was delivered was a very poor quality product (I talked to 4 different industry professionals, who all believed he delivered fill dirt with some wood shavings added to it.  

Landscape supply business demanding to be paid under the table (cash only, no paperwork or receipt) for poor quality product not agreed to.A landscape supply business misrepresented their product to me.

@James Orr has some excellent resources as well (from what I hear), so I'll be picking his brain next week in an effort to mine some of the knowledge he's got.Again, welcome!

@Jefferson SmithThere are many quality self-directed IRA providers here on BP. 

THe BP Money podcasts have excellent tips for financial progress.

(number and quality of T/B).What are the terms?

Excellent, point.

Your price range will be $300,000 or less with $60k but you should be focused on choosing a property in a quality area and the returns you can get from renting it out.