You might want to drive the neighborhoods to find that junker in a nice area with a FSBO sign, go to the assessor's website to find out value and who the owner is, then pay them a visit.

Hi Darice, nice to see some others from SWFL on here.

Prices are starting to correct themselves at a nice steady rate.

Hello from Raleigh, nice site.

All the terms (except for their fee) are usually negotiable.It's also nice to only have to mow one lawn as opposed to 20.

You might make $35-50K, which is still a nice profit.You will have a bunch of costs - buying costs, holding costs, money costs, and selling costs.

And the system itself is nice to put all of your leads into, keeps em in one place and keeps them updated, pretty easy to use too!

-rent something reasonably nice/small for the wife and I to live in and invest in a smaller apartment building or commercial property-go owner occupied on a cheap 4 unit place(not sure wife will like slumming it-or that I would like the lack of investment/personal life boundaries)-buy a 200k house to live in and invest in a smaller 4 unit-ish sized place-buy a giant 400k house and just fund the IRA and don't bother with REI.

It is really nice to have someone to partner with on a day to day basis.Look forward to posting my landlord issues and getting another opinion.Thanks all.Ch.

You meet a lot of nice people (not the Guru's)