Stay away from properties that need structural work to start.

Then he discovered his friend's only reason for wanting the position: To tell the ho's to paint their houses and keep their yards fresh and spotless and fine them when they weren't up to HIS standard.

The thing is I don't work, i'm a stay at home mom but do work as a Travel Agent part time.

-want to flip the house (have no desire to rent)-have very little $-currently own a condo, but have only had it for about a yearI'm in central Ohio, and I'd like to stay in the area, but there are a few counties I'd be willing to make purchases in other than Franklin.

There are many more horror stories from international preconstruction investors just like here in the United States in all areas of real estate, who thought they found “the diamond in the rough” and invested their money, only to discover that one of the five situations listed above had occurred.

People will always need a place to stay it's Maslow's Law "Hiearchy of Human Needs".

:mrgreen: I want to turn this small amount of money into much much more. 18k of course isn't enough to do a lot with, but if I'm set on this I can secure more private funds through relatives.I've discovered a few ways that investors acquire properties for so cheap.

The area is one I'd stay away from.

I have yet to discover whether this story is apocryphal or not, but it still relates a good message: you’ll only believe profit descriptions if they are not too outrageous.

If you didn't already know... stay away from Queen Creek!