Here's some food for thought: Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

(You'd be looking for the needle in the haystack with lots of active participation on your part to find them. )As I'm sure you've discovered, there are many markets around United States where you can achieve favorable rates of return and be in a healthy market and in desirable neighborhoods.Working with a professional to help you identify those markets in neighborhoods would be my best advice.

Make sure you get approval for anything from the brokerage first.The state real estate commissions see licensees as professionally trained in contracts and held to a higher standard than ( joe blow ) investor off the street.

This property qualified for a lead paint removal program from the county and I not only had the lead paint remediated by a professional for FREE!

Here's some food for thought: Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

Here's some food for thought - and it should be a huge help with your analysis paralysis: Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

I personally tell everyone walking my short sale listings that they are being truly professionally handled.... and it makes a huge difference in the results. 

There isn't any good RE club in the country i wanted to invest and by asking my negotiators, hardly any of them know any professional.

Here's some food for thought: Before you make your next investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

In the first case, the student will live in the house/condo apartment and in the second case, the family will come visit the kid (who will be in boarding school) a few times a year and stay in the house.I would also recommend that you highlight your knowledge about other related real estate services (such as property management, financing, tax professionals in your area).