I also use craigslist (have to learn how to weed out the bad).

So, I'm afraid my nice-guy tendencies may soon conflict with running a proper business again.

I currently reside in Atlanta and extremely motivated to make it in the real estate world, that being said I'm still new at this, very new and would love it if any of you guys can give me some beginner tips maybe how to start in the wholesaling side of the market?

Hello Guys - I am looking to subscribe to a new data source for my direct mail campaigns.

As for it being my first project and being a big one at that, I might be setting myself up for something bad or something good.

Especially the days when you discover that big capex like a roof being blow off (happened 2 years ago), some tweakers climbed up on the roof and gutted the A/C (did two of those in the last 12 months), an evap cooler leaked for so long that the drywall on the ceiling of the kids bedroom caved in (last year), the hot water heater blew a hose and a major leak went unnoticed for 10 hours flooding the hall, kitchen and living room (dealing with that now), the tenant smelled gas outside, the gas company came and shut off the gas because the underground pipe is corroded AND also discovered that the water heater is not venting properly so it got red tagged (just dealt with that last month) or the time the tenant "invited" a homeless guy over, he moved in, then called his other homeless buddy up and he parked his crappy RV with his entire family living in it in the driveway.

It's paramount to have as little (bad) debt as possible. 

I had a bad experience with my very first property manager, and it was because I failed to properly vet him.

The Chicago laws heavily favor the tenants  and are so bad, that many investors including myself refuse to buy there.I wish you luck, Don Colagrossi 

I am working with a local lender-actually a guy I know from volleyball is a mortgage broker so networking pays off again.