I have spent several hours searching the site, and I applaud this online community for being so eager to assist aspiring investors.

I don't want property owners who have refinanced out all their equity and spent it on cars, boats and flat screen TVs.The info is still available, but you have to pay for it.

I spent a couple of days with him last week helping him to understand the market and current economical conditions of the city.

After much time educating, I jumped in and hit the ground running this year purchasing 5 solid properties.Aside from your time spent here on BP (which you should be doing a ton of!)

hey guys my name is shawn jarman, i am a 23 year old welder that lives in ventura county, ca. it kind of goes without saying that if you are young, there's no way of breaking into real estate unless you inherit property or a sum of money. spent 5 years in phoenix arizona for school and ended up buying one side of a duplex for a whomping 50,000. 2 bed, 2 bath, 20% down, occupied for 800/month, monthly payment of 319/month. finally got a renter since i moved back home, and stopped hemorrhaging money. i suppose im currently buying and holding, but where to go from here to get out of the rat race further. i have a construction background and love working with my hands, just not for someone else, interested in possibilities of flipping. my renter is a family man with a son, and coincidentally does my contracting and handyman work. all in all i see possibilities, but 40 hours/ week is kind of a hindrance when investing out of state it seems. excited to hear from you guys and connecting with a community of people who want to own their own futures, rather than home town friends

I'm not scared of ghosts so I'd go for it, lol...what's important is if you decide to buy it and fix it, you give the property the care and respect it deserves because it may be important to those who have lived there including the owner, his late wife, those slave girls and whoever else spent their lives in that place.

I've come across so many people who have read every book and spent more on seminars collectively than it would have taken to actually BUY a house!

@Dawn Anastasi with those numbers and quality of houses you will see Milwaukee Turn Key company coming on line soon.It sounds like its a sleeper in the Rental sell to out of state investor business.Turn Key companies could make very nice margins with what your describing nice homes not in Hoods that have those rental metrics.give it 90 days one of the folks here will start up there I suspect.I have many fond memories of Milwaukee, I spent many summers there as a kid. my grandparents lived in Wauwatosa ( probably not spelling it right) and Pewaukee lake...

I grew up in NC, but have spent a lot of summers across the border in Myrtle Beach.

For me it may have been the ton of extra hours I spent doing needless things on the first one or two!