When the next election happens consider how you vote based on the elected officials trying to help you as a RE investor.2.

If I have to fool anyone, this strategy won't be for me.My goal is to do this the way John Corey mentions above - by officially alerting the lender immediately so that everything is on the table.

I've looked at the official public records in Travis and Bastrop counties, but can't find any NODs.

This posting is officially my 200 post on Bigger Pockets.

Call you officials and ask lots and lots of questions.

To record anything in the official public records at the county clerk's office it has to be notarized, so unless you are getting your contracts notarized then you won't be able to record it.Blake check out this post to get more info on what exactly to file and how it works:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/31536-investors-cutting-wholesalers-You can also get quite a bit more info on it all just be searching for "cloud title" in the search function of the forum.

Coming soon to your state--- We have an incredibly strong bank lobby-- If it happens in the home State of Wachovia and Bank of America it can happen anywhereSee the whole article on Realty Times

We (the Association) had been lobbying the State Legisture for seven years to change the Landlord/Tenant Laws of OK. this year it looks like we might make it.Landlords, everywhere, have been having tenant problems since the first rental house was built!

I think I posted this somewhere before but the best place to get a free credit report with no scams is http://www.AnnualCreditReport.com this is the official site and is government sponsored.

More than 2/3 of Americans believe we are in a recession or will be in recession in 2008:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118600572789185278.htmlIt will be some time before it is "officially" declared but I'd say we are in it right now.