I would love to purchase a property that brought in 2%, but I don't have the tools available to me (or at least I am not aware of them) to procure such a great deal.

(On your first deal, also don't forget that you have the option of living in one of the units and procuring owner-occupied financing - obviously depending on your situation.)Finding good deals, i.e. lower prices, will also help your numbers.  

And what would be the first step in trying to procure some sort of loan, an appraisal??

If an agent was the procuring cause of the transaction and so stated on an agreement he should have some protection.

You are the agent procuring sale, and you get your portion of the commission.

I am sure you know that there are only 4 major title insurance underwriters in the US so there is a good chance your title company and theirs' ultimately have the same underwriterBeing an Attorney I can understand your requests for information regarding the trust but ultimately it is the Title companies job to procure the documents and I would guess that would be an unusual request from a buyer and they probably just do not have a clue as how to handle it. 

So for a $300-400 if you procured a good qualified tenant along with a quick move in and all the paperwork completed for you)including a TAR lease as I am not sure if the BP lease is state specific) you might just come out ahead in the long run. 

Good Evening. I hope everyone had a great Father's Day.

I was looking for some opinions on the best methods for finding properties that I want to fix and flip. I was just hoping to see what was working for ...

In my state of CO, the agent is entitled to a commission if they procuring cause, meaning if they were the one to bring the property to your attention or show it to you and get information for you.

Recently I have grown tired of the same music, and I can only take so much of talk radio........Hopefully in a month or two things may slow down a little more and I can focus on procuring a SFR.Until then it is more time reading and studying