Pick your poison - this was hard at first and I definitely got some lumps in along the way but education doesn't come cheap- hopefully it will be a little better for someone else from learning from some of my mishaps.

You'll be ripping out quite a bit of drywall in the interior of your home but if it's been painted in the last five years, patching, taping, and colormatching the old paint to the new upgrade work will be relatively easy and cheap.

Most the turnkey outfits operate in less than hot zip codes or in areas that are cheap to buy and fix so they can easily maximize retail profits.

Flight hotel and car rental.

And do not forget that the money are still cheap (low interesting rate)...

They purchase a bunch of houses in the rough side of town very cheap and rehab them beautifully and then sell them to some one who wants the investment for cash flow and that can manage the risk.

I am interested in this 32 unit for cheap. the guy is out of town and seems very motivated.

If you are looking for cheap, nothing is cheaper than gravel.

If you do not know what your destination is then how in the world would you shop for flights to get there.

It's definitely not a great area, but the houses are cheap and appear to be able to rent out at reasonable rates (albeit to lower quality tenants).