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In light of all the guru, snake oil sales types you'll find these days on TV, you've probably found the best resource to get started right here and at the right price.If possible, my suggestion is using owner occupant financing to buy a new home, rent out your existing primary residence and repeat the process until your portfolio is where you need it to be to comfortably retire, pay for your kiddo's and grand kiddo's education, sit on a Caribbean beach with an umbrella'd drink in your hand...whatever floats your boat! 

I'm not a huge expert on NY, but I think you may be hard-pressed to find cash-flowing rental properties even in the burbs.

But Jeff I agree with you whole heartedly that buyers are now more sophisticated and are looking for certain things and design aspects in a home, thanks largely to these home flipping and design shows on tv.

If you're a newbie and you've watched far too many flip shows on TV, you should NOT do fix-n-flips unless you have the following "5 C's of a Flip" figured out:1. 

I'm still a newbie at this, but trying to just press forward with talking to sellers even if I stumble through it.

I personally would be hard pressed to convince myself to buy a negative cashflowing property in a market that is experiencing it's highest prices in history just to possibly save a little on taxes.

Lots of "flippers" who watched one too many TV shows bidding up the prices so pretty low profits and probably not worth traveling for.

So that small of a % is going to be pressed to have that much negative impact on offers.I'd say there are some other equally dynamic factors at work as well.1.

Not so much to "take" his knowledge but to learn from him in that you will still use his services but you want to be able to do some of these things in the future when pressed for time.Most questions can be answered by just asking the person.