One of the  tips that I picked up here is start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market .  

Oklahoma is like a DFW suburb, but without the Texas property taxes, I particularly like Oklahoma City.

There are plenty of other surrounding 4-plex buildings just like it all down that particular street.

It is not particularly important when differentiating between foreclosures, though your agent will be able to tell you if its a VA foreclosure and the contracts are different.I would recommend contacting a lender to get an idea of what you could be approved for. 

The RE market in the area you concentrate in is the best indicator, rents, average prices, particular neighborhoods, municipal growth, local economic conditions.When you have rising bond prices interest rates will follow, money tightens, loans can get to be a bit harder but the real effect is less buying power from the public.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

If you are curious about any particular topics, I'd search the forums to see if anyone has started a thread about the subject already. 

As an agent, I wouldn't get involved in L/O's, particularly if you were sandwiching them, reselling, etc. 

Let me know and I'll talk with them to see if they do or have any resources in your particular area.