HubSpot offers a free CRM, however if you want to add more modules (for Sales and Marketing), it can quickly get expensive.

Purchase price: $25,500 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $69,900 Quick Fix & Flip.Property was completely deserted & the family was indecisive about their plans for the home after a recent passing.

Now you might be like Joe, know rents for a couple of neighborhoods and can quickly estimate expected cash flow from properties pretty quickly (that's what I do as well) but you still need a screening rule so you invest minimal times on properties you will never put an offer in on. 

Furthermore, she's a distressed seller looking to get out quick and doesn't have to finances to fix the property.

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

After purchase the assessment office was given the survey and quickly reduced the acreage for taxation to 1.8 acres also. 

Don't do what a friend did and buy as many crappy properties as quickly as possible. 

I don't see how they relate to wanting to educate myself or asking for reading recommendations. .I was responding to your comment: "if I get involved in any sub to deals"Education is always great, and subject to is legal as long as it's done legally.Here is how it is set up if you do it wronglySince law is is difficult for some people, let me be more clearThere are various codes that can be violated when buying properties (the definitions are easy to find with a quick search)Equity skimmingEquity strippingForeclosure RescueMortgage FraudShort SellingFalse StatementsWire FraudBank Fraud and so onhere's a sample12 U.S.

You can tell who is actually passionate about their job and passionate about the market usually pretty quickly.

This is where real estate investing turns into a great area and on paper investment strategies seem great, but when applying them to reality, things can quickly change.