RE, being in your home town or on any internet site, will have sharks, their mission in life is to eat little fish to survive.

have looked in my area and research the housing market here and its doing well by the people i have talked to and also seen on internet sites.

Only those who materially participate in the business (see page 40) can deduct current expenses against non-Christmas tree income, unless the passive owner has passiveincome to offset passive losses.

I also enjoyed John Becks educational materials but he pushes to hard to get you to spend more money.

I'm 19 years old and have been researching the real estate business for a while now via internet and a couple weekend seminars, but have yet to do my first transaction.

Big jobs I would do mulitple bids, just make sure you are always comparing apples to apples in the bids/scope of work / materials.

Everything you buy - EVERYTHING - especially food, has some wholesaling involved at some point be it in the raw materials used to manufacture it, the bulk discount obtained by shipping mass quantities, or the actual product you purchase at point of sale.SO, why should real estate be any different?

I had a chance to go through Marty Boardman book and also met with him in person I highly recommend his material and wisdomvia Real Estate Flipping

I will be aboard ship without phone access and very limited internet access.

It's ok to pay for materials, but know what you are paying for.When you get bids, make sure all the contractors are bidding on the same quality of work and materials.