In my neck of the woods you can very easily do a basic bathroom rehab for $2500 running the contractors yourself.

There's some *expensive* real estate in that neck of the woods!

I've tried to use all the BP skills and apply them to Perth's (Western Australia) market place and think I've found something.I'm putting the call out to anyone who knows who I should/could talk to in my neck of the woods for a first person discussion?

Very rarely did we need to put the "muscle on them". 

Welcome Gregg,There are two pretty well attended REIA's (UVREIA and SLREIA) in your neck of the woods.  

In fact, it called the evergreen and san ramon markets coldhttp://www.zillow.com/evergreen-san-jose-ca/home-v...http://www.zillow.com/san-ramon-ca/home-values/But I am not seeing any slow-down in my local subdivision in Fremont, where town homes are being sold for 30-50K above asking without contingencies.How are things looking in your neck of the woods.

I'm assuming these deals are up in your neck of the woods?

Its not at all strange for an agent not to return phone calls in my neck of the woods - to investors or otherwise. 

I can't comment on deeds in PA, but in Texas, quit claims are not recognized by Texas title companies so a special warranty deed would be the way to go in our neck of the woods.

He is an *** for allowing you to stick your neck out where it shouldn't be, and put yourself at risk before you even start...Neither of those are good!