To them, I'm sure I'm some fat cat investor--not just someone else holding a mortgage, trying to do better than watching my retirement IRA dwindle away.  

Companies went through some consolidation to trim out the fat due to rapid expansion since 2012.

Believe it or not (I can't) but one of my faves is Arnold Swartzenagger !

You're going to spend about $4,000 in appraisal, title, escrow, lender, due diligence inspection for yourself, bla bla bla, fees, that you will never get back, as well as the big fat giant $7.50 per $1000 purchase price transfer tax.With that in mind, go spend a few hundred to talk to a lawyer that knows this stuff well.

Hey everyone,I'm not a big blogger or poster mainly just lurk, but I wanted to share my story for anyone who is interested. I have been out of the real estate game for a while "claiming I was too busy" and found Bigge...

Here is what I can tell you:I will call a title company at 4:53 PM on a weekday, expect them to pick up the phone, and confirm within 2 minutes that they have a notary that can sign someone at 10 AM the next day.If they do not meet my expectations, that is a big fat negative mark in my book.When they do meet my expectations, as they typically do if it's a local branch with folks I've worked with before, it's a neutral mark in my book.Your market may be different, I don't know, but that should give you an idea for what someone in RE professionally expects from any decent title company. 

The above numbers are realistic for a fund that needs to buy consistently and can't wait to take only the fat pitches.

I researched each one and discovered this which made it worth bidding, if not this would have been a big fat negative. 

Remember, when it comes to tax strategies: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

Look for projects with fat margins that allow you to screw up a lot.