I don't mean to put out my fellow mid west peeps, it is just reality and selling Cali for a midwest plan, generally speaking, in terms of business, is like selling Microsoft and getting some penny stocks.

Second, download OneNote by microsoft for all of your devices.

Well you see, that's a common misconception among the "uninitiated".Time to open each file in Microsoft Word, 3 files, 3 seconds.Time to open HUD-1 file in Microsoft Excel, 1 file, 1 second.Time to insert buyer's and property's specific information, 30 seconds to 1 minute.Time to update numbers in the HUD-1, 1 minute.Time to convince SUCKER (sorry-customer) that what we're doing is time consuming, and needs to be done very carefully to ensure that there are ABSOLUTELY NO ERRORS (and if there are errors the CUSTOMER MUST PAY TO INSURE THEM), 2 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours.Time to prepare bill for customer, 1 minute.Total bill $500-$800 average in TX.Amount of that bill spent wining and dining state legislators to make certain they don't pass any COMMUNIST INSPIRED (ie; in effect in any "non-backward-California) rules to give any meaningfull consumer protection (pro-rationing for quick resales) legislation, about $20.00 per closing.all cash

All basic Microsoft office components are great ways to present your real estate deals in either a public speaking environment or an Internet file transfer.

I buy mine in Pima County from the Treasurer, it's $50, they have pdf format & xls, which I convert into Microsoft Access.Some in az are listed here for free download, i to thought they published for free: http://www.rogueinvestor.com/newsletter/arizona_tax_lien_sales.htmlFound pima county list here but not sure how to manage it as a data base: http://www.ananews.com/wordpress/index.php/public-notices/public-notice-search/

It makes sense since Seattle has Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech companies up there.

A few bonus gifts I've received this year:3 day deep sea fishing trip, all expenses paid 5 day fly fishing trip (guides included), $500 cash, Microsoft Surface Pro 3, bottle of Dom Perignon, and just last week an all expenses paid cruise to Alaska for my wife and I that we'll be going on next year.

Microsoft Visio works well.

I asked him nicely to provide a spreadsheet from his MLS access portal with targeted zip codes, absentee owner only properties, my house specs, and separated each column representing property owner mailing address, owner state, owner zip, first name, last name etc. so that it could be easily used with mail merge in Microsoft office.

Currently, I live in the RTP area but am moving to Redmond WA in October to start full time at Microsoft.