Everyone is scared, people are emotional, those who are focused will capatalize.

I'm relatively new also and am focusing on wholesaling for much the same reasons you stated.

I have learned to focus on vacant, run down/distressed homes when wholesaling properties.

I apologise for the caps...its just that we get sidetrack by sometimes going into the irrelevances of political discourse, instead of practical suggestions, which i beleive is the focus of this forum....so if I iritate anyone...pls accept my sincere apology

I have a vague goal of financial independence, but no specifics on that.i deal with the day to day decisions to make the short term goals happen, assuming this will make the long term goals occur as a direct result.For the short term goals, I focus on the next property and look no further than that.

Probably but my time is worth so much more and I focus on the deals that will bring in more money in the long run.Robin

And guess what, I was really unlucky and broke.I can explain exactly what I did differently but this isn't the place.Once I discovered that the right people can make a difference I focused all my energy on this and everything changed.

His main focus is for beginners on how to find the wholesale deal from wholesalers on craigslist and do the marketing for the wholesaler pretty much on craigslist too.If the wholesaler is already marketing on CL, I wouldn't be an add value to his marketing unless i really have a strong buyers list that i can market to off of CL.When I have a deal I get many phone calls from his students who want me to sign the flex option.

220k buying at 212k is slim.220k * .03 (commision) = 6.6k8k-6.6k = 1.4k - cost of marketing and legal/paper work fees.You'd be lucky to break even and thats if you get your ask.I think you need to focus on properties with more of a margin.

Currently I am focused on wholesaling and building up a buyers list.Just wanted to post and meet as many like minded individuals in the area, so drop a line.