Sam Harrington - You're way up north there :) Looks like you are in a similar boat as me with the closest big city that would have a good REI club to meet with being about an hour south of you.

That would be great, but its only available in store, and the closest Menards is about 1 1/2 hours away.

Lowes is closest to most of my houses so thats usually where I go.

The closest you can get to owner occupied rates will be as a second home, should be about the same.

Hi @Matt RosasI live in Sherman Oaks too.Contract for Sale is closest in Calif to a Land Contract, and it is an Installment Sale.A Home Owner with the Dodd Frank can sell on terms.

In the past 2 weeks, I have sent a little more than 150 yellow letters and have gone through 14 zip codes, starting with the most populated areas in San Diego closest to me.

This is the closest I found:http://maps.dallascad.org/website/dcad/viewer.htm

Closest ones to you would be Providence, RI and Taunton.

I live in LA and my closest properties are 2200 miles away from me in Atlanta.

Well, the subject property was $120,000 less than its closest comparable.When I went through some of the pictures and street view on Google Earth, I noticed that both properties were similarly built, although they may have had different floor plans, but the most important difference was the neighborhood/subdivision.The closest comparable was part of a high-end, gated community on the south side of a "mountain," with a phenomenal view of the ocean.