The nature of our work is business to business involving big sales ($1M +/transaction)I use SPIN selling + the workbook as a training guide for my team and quite frankly I find it to be one of the most useful training/education tools in my arsenal.

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@Martha Saldana-Beene I would have preferred west Madison county - Madison, Harvest, Toney due to proximity to Redstone Arsenal and other employers along with just development patterns in general but bidding up would push my budget in those areas.

Once you do some wholesaling then you'll probably want to add some other strategies to your arsenal... fix and flip, long term rentals, etc.

Just think of it as another tool to your arsenal. 

I need the arsenal of tools it takes to make it happen.

Feeling confident on running numbers and assessing risk factors alone will give you a whole new bout of arsenal for getting going.My only caution about MD would be the numbers.

I agree a home equity loan will also be a nice option and a valuable tool in your arsenal.

For me, it is educational and I'd love to figure out how to apply this as a tool in my RE arsenal.

I see that makes it about 30 minutes from (for example) Redstone Arsenal, which I know is a major employer.