Now for the easy part:Get a list of all the properties in the area you like from the county (tax roll list) or a data company.  

It wasn't until this week when I finally got around to reading @Brandon Turner's "The Book on Inventing in Real Estate With No and Low Money Down" that I realized how hard money can help and benefit in a RE deal.

We all need to be honest about our city and the way an investor should go about researching and investing here and the more data we can share...everyone wins.  

Finally, if you choose an Option 2, but act as a GC, you can start from your "circle of trust".

Start w/ the desired end result, and work backwards through the data to see how much you need to spend and when/where to achieve your goals.    

Originally posted by @John Blythe:sounds awesome. the second half of your post is nailing where i'm at right now: figuring out when to jump in based off of knowing that something decent is in front of me rather than waiting for great numbers in particular. my goal is to have something during first half of next year and not blow it, basically. if i break even, or anywhere near it pretty much, then i'll be happy cause of getting over the knowledge/fear/hesitancy humps.I definitely learned a ton through reading BP and real estate investing books for a few months leading up to my purchase, but all of it was just a mess of ideas and motivational quotes and "someone else's advice" until I finally went under contract on my first home.

Several weeks later I finally opened up one of my emails containing my keyword alerts and noticed I had messages from people in the BP community. 

Immediately after closing I have them buy me out for the agreed amount.Can you please break down the final part of your process?

I have a blog with some classic books (all probably free at library ) on the topic..finally, it might be worth exploring getting new efficient ac, furnaces, hvac rolled into the loan (as that is like 15-20 percent of the deal) but may be tough to do before closing....or maybe tap equity in a few years for that...best of luck

However, it wasn’t until the 1990s when geodemographics became very important to businesses seeking to make wise decisions about where to locate.I first wrote about the lifestyle cluster data available from Esri back in 2009, and since that time, the ways that the data can be accessed has become easier than ever.