Meet the players, introduce yourself, get to know them, ask for cards, take them out to lunch.  

How far should you go to chase returns?

@Eric Smith You are not going to like the mileage when you are traveling out to Ohio to chase a $500 rent that won't ever be paid, find the unit trashed, have to travel back because property mgr didn't handle repairs right and you need to chase down deadbeat contractor who will never return your money nor finish the work etc etc. 

I’ve spent the last 13 years or so chasing the rabbit hole of success in the 9-5 world — successful I suppose, depending on the metrics you use to measure that sort of thing.A couple years ago, I dipped my toe back into the real estate investing world.

@Joel CummingsAn agent needs to bring real buyers, not game players and scammers.

All paperwork should be done through a title company to guarantee that you are getting good title, the lender has good title and that everything gets filed with the county properly.The recording of the documents is what puts everyone on notice that if you dont pay, the lender gets to take the property back through foreclosure.And to answer your question, the private lender or Chase Bank is never a partial owner.

He has recently passed, but he introduced me to many of the major players in town before I left Lex.

Greetings everyone.As I'm ramping up my marketing in the coming months with what little time I have available trying to build a REI business, work a 9-5 (hoping to be out of this in 1-2 years), and chase a toddler around in the evenings, I have decided I need to outsource my social media & SEO work to someone else.

I would like to get to know players in this arena and start to build my team to expand into this area.I live out in Gold Canyon at the base of Superstitions with my wife and 2 kids.  

Chase set it up with the Federal tax ID bus would not allow me to sign as president.