Your breakdown of the steps involved, from prequalification to closing, provides a clear roadmap for potential homebuyers to follow.

To be more clear, I was thinking a fee based planner to help me roadmap the next few years.

He then provides at roadmap for success.3) The ABC's of Real Estate Investing - Ken McElroyOnce your mindset is convinced RE is the way to go, McElroy provides basic examples of how to analyze properties.4) What Every RE Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow and 36 Other Key Measures - Frank GallinelliGallinelli digs deep into the numbers - explaining Cash-on-Cash, Cap Rates, Return on Investment, and additional terminology that helps investors learn the game.This should provide a solid foundation for your investing career.Hope that helps.

This is why I have given you a value-driven road map to follow in this brief report.

They will certain give you the right roadmap, plans, and guidance but the most important aspect of this comes from you and TAKING ACTION. 

One of the topics that I think is very useful to new investors is creating a road map or plan for your real estate journey and this is where I am stuck.

The site helps both new and experienced investors create an investing "roadmap," by creating different property portfolios and tracking the progress of each scenario as you purchase/sell properties, collect rental cash and pay off debt etc..If you're interested in being a beta tester, just let me know with a reply and we will go from there - I would be so grateful to have you on the team and hear your feedback.

Using your local clerk of court/register of deeds is going to be your road map to finding out the story of what is going on with the house and more importantly the owner.Since your profile says you're from Old Bridge, NJ., I assume that you are driving for dollars in Middlesex county.  

Thanks @Kevin Hunter - I think this helps to affirm my approach and road map for executing.

You need two things: A vehicle, and a road map.