Hi All,I'm new to this business, and been doing a lot of research to try and get to speed.

A vast difference in personal capital that can exponentially speed up or slow down your entry into real estate investing.I personally went with the FHA financing route and was able to buy a $240,000 duplex with just $12,500 cash.  

Cash and speed are powerful tools for getting what you want.Once your properties are rented, open lines of credit against some of them and accumulate more great buys... maybe move up to the 10 unit investments.

Welcome to BP..Make the education do what it do...Put the knowledge it to action..Implement with God speed..

@Matt 'Roar' Gardner I'm not very up to speed with what's been happening at the Palms lately.

Buying wholesale deals is all about speed and if you have the buyers for popular properties (i.e. 3 bedroom, 2 bath) in middle income areas or up to 25% below middle income areas would be the ideal properties.Good luck to ya.Greg Felt

Just simple math has this a loosing deal (MV - purchase price - selling costs- holding costs - paint/carpet - potential earning of the money in a bank) without even considering upgrades and a 5% discount to speed up a sale or a profit.My difficulty in getting agents to understand or bring deals to me that I am looking for makes me wonder if I am looking at this wrong?

There is a wealth of information on this site, so hopefully it will help you get up to speed to doing your flips.  

I'm getting through ten episodes a day at 2x speed.  

This is also not all of what I am saving or doing with my money but I was thinking it could definitely speed things up in my plan for REI.