Real estate investing is about more than buying a property for below market value, throwing some paint on the walls, and making tens of thousands of dollars in profit It's about more than sinking a few thousand dollars into a bogus "investment club" or grabbing a house at a foreclosure auction and selling it

With the housing market in a downturn and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes going into foreclosure, people are beginning to talk more about and pursue foreclosure investing But, what is it and how does it work