The following pages provide an experiential and on-going real estate investing guide. A lot of what you will find here is both my experience and learned/practiced knowledge. My intent is to share what I learn so you can use it to your advantage.

I believe in real estate investing as another tool to help me build my wealth. And it is with that background objective that I invest. In order to start real estate investing it is absolutely crucial for you to define why you want to invest and what you want to achieve – this will guide everything else. As an example you can read why I chose residential real estate investing in order to supplement my wealth building. A begginers real estate investing journey starts with a purpose and is then materialized with goals and a plan.

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth” - Theodore Roosevelt

You may have already decided your goals or need help defining them. Either way the very first place to start in real estate is with education in real estate investing. For me all it took was my first real estate investing course to let me see that this was something I could do and wanted to do.

Beginning real estate investing for me has been very gradual. The first thing I realized was that I did not know what I was doing so by joining one of the many available real estate investing clubs I gained great amounts of knowledge that is still on-going.

In turn the confidence built by this has allowed me to create a real estate investing business where I currently own four properties with plans to add more. I have learned to buy correctly (and what that means) fix-up and either sell or lease my properties. Real estate investing with foreclosures has formed a big part of my strategy and you can see the details of that in the linked pages along with pictures, real estate investing spreadsheets, costs and profits.

Wether you are not sure if real estate investing is for you or you want to get started, I hope this real estate investing guide and the forthcoming real estate investing faq (frequently asked questions) will help you out.

In the following pages I will share the steps I have taken to embark in residential real estate investing. My aim is to prove to you, not just tell you, why I think this is a good investment. At the same time I want you to see that if I can do it then so can you while sharing with you lessons learned from my experience.

Wealth Steps Real Estate Investing Guide…

Residential Real Estate Investing

Beginning Real Estate Investing

Education in Real Estate Investing

Buying Foreclosures – Creating Wealth with Foreclosure Investing

Buying Foreclosures – Creating Wealth with Foreclosure Investing, part II

Foreclosure Pictures

Buying Foreclosures – Creating Wealth with Foreclosure Investing, part III

Real Estate Investing 101 - Finding the Deal

Flip This House - Creating Wealth with FHA Foreclosures - everything I learned about investing and profiting from FHA foreclosures.

How to Evaluate If You Found a "Good Deal"

Pictures of My First Flip

How to Flip Houses - Choosing the Repairs and Upgrades

House Flipping Tips: Hiring Contractors

The Final Pictures of My First House Flip

First House Flipping Deal - Final Analysis

My Current Real Estate Investing Project - What am I working on now to build my wealth?

Tenant Screening Tips- save yourself some headaches by following these tips when screening prospective tenants.

Doing a Tenant Background Check - what you should find out before renting your property...

How to Create a Budget and Schedule for House Flipping Budget and schedule go hand in hand and are crucial for a successful rehab project...

Dealing with FHA Loans and Inspections when Selling - what you can expect if your buyer is an FHA loan...

Atlanta Foreclosures Hit New Records - Are these foreclosure records good or bad for house flipping?

Loans for Real Estate Investing – Do They Still Exist? - what money is out there for you to make money in real estate...

Making Money With Real Estate Wholesaling - the basics of real estate wholesaling...