I buy nice houses in nice neighborhoods, fix them up to the max, spend a little more to make them over the top, and rent them to nice tenants who appreciate the house and appreciate me as their landlord.  

Unfortunately we can't control who writes reviews on the site.For me personally, if I am going to spend tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars with someone it is not going to be based off of a two line review.

Here is the link:Landlord Targets Trash FeeEven thought the taxes are high in Scranton, you can see that I will pave the way for investors to spend money here.

I've done a little research and found that it would still be considered a rental property with IRS as long as I spend 14 days or less occupying it myself.

The best equity is the equity you spend (or reinvest elsewhere)  before you lose it...

Although my day time passion is helping people as Community Social Worker, I spend majority of my free time learning dreaming about becoming a successful Real Estate Investor.

(Now before I get all kinds of grief from some agents thinking I spend my day low balling offers, I don't.  

Are there any wholesalers experienced with probable that can provide some insight on if or how I can tie up the property while protecting the money we spend paying the taxes?

But, a Ph.D. education is a wonderful, socially acceptable way to say, "no, I want to spend a ridiculous amount of time learning more, for a while, before getting a 'real' job."

But once you get into 5+ units, it becomes a different game so be prepared to spend some considerable time learning the apartment sector before getting into a deal (there are a ton of great resources available).