Or you live in a tiny area and you really just have to make the commute.If there are not many other investors around then maybe you have a gold mine with little competition.Tell us more.John Corey

Hi I am new to this and I'm trying to be a Bird dog I live in Dallas Texas I already have pictures and address of house that many invester may love to see if any one can point me in the right direction or who would love to work with me so I can take care of my family and get closer to my gold if you can please contact me at my name is Stephen Denson thanks you so much

Good luck, ask lots of questions - this site is pure gold!

Don't give it away, and don't overprice it believing it is gold.

@Rick Santasiere thanks sorry for the late response 3rd shift got me on zombie and would love if you could share your story any knowledge that comes my way I consider to be more than gold!

His book on estimating rehab costs is gold for beginners.  

Sometimes I think, from the posts I read on BP, that new investors think that "the streets in Tampa, Florida are paved with gold."

Buy rentals with a high entry fee that keeps out the riff-raff, screen people until you'd trust them to hold onto a bar of gold for you and offer absolutely zero leniency to any tenant that slips for moment, because the system has already designed that leniency into the rules.

There are still some great deals on Loopnet, you just have to dig deeper to find the nuggets.

I am also a new investor and BP has been a gold mine of information..