But there are $10-$30k homes available in areas that are suitable for buy / hold investing. 

Hi, my name is Fabian I am 24 years old and I just moved from Spain to UK (London) after finishing my degree in Business management.So, first of all thank you for having this great platform with such useful tools to learn and to share experiences.My first question will be, as the subject says, if there is a huge difference between US and UK, lets say in laws, mortgage products, terminology... important enough to bear in mind since the very first moment.Thank you guys

First of all thank you Bigger Pockets for creating a platform that allows me to reach out to other investors for networking (as well as great education and help with deal structure, calculators, etc.)  

A couple things you can look for when driving through communities to see if it's a suitable property. 

@Mark Robertson, FYI Bayside Court, on the same RealCrowd platform, also has no promote.

However, it has been very useful for my business in obtaining many mortgage broker connections, who have brought me a good mumber of hard money financing deals.I think LinkedIn fails at trying to be a general business social platform, but performs terrifically at providing a tool for business connections.

For small areas, look for suitable paint on the clearance rack.Use random patterned earthy colored carpet to help hide stains.Place any landscaping on a sprinkler and/or drip system with an automatic timer so the tenant doesn't have to "remember" to water the yard.

Along with an increased value of the property, even in this economy Hawaii has little suitable inventory at the $500,000 range or lower.

I quit attending primarily because they were just a platform for gurus to come, speak and sell product.

I'm assuming they had at LEAST 3 months to find suitable housing and maybe another month from the time the approval was issued.