Meanwhile, we are gathering up insurance quotes and engaging in preliminary negotiations with our lender. 

Jumping into self-managed rentals with no experience and/or limited capital is very much a sink-or-swim wager, but that wager becomes a lot less risky a few years down the line with a little more financial leeway and a lot more experience behind you.If you have any questions about the Birmingham market or what we do at Spartan, or just TK in general, I am more than happy to chat via PM.All the best,Clayton

Use it as a preliminary evaluation only.

Fix up estimates (by the seller) were quoted lower than the actual repair values after preliminary inspections.  

Hello,I won two properties on auction.comBoth have judgements on them as per the preliminary title report and doing my due diligence I found at clerks office.Property 1) 8k lien from credit cardProperty 2) 2k and another for 2k.I am wondering if I really need title insurance from their suggested closing company or if I would be fine just having my lawyer do all of the work.I really do not want to pay for a lawyer and also title insurance if one or the other is not needed, but I do want to be able to take a line of credit against the properties and sell later down the road with no hassles.Please advise.This is one of the responses I got when I asked them if the title would be cleared at time of transfer."

Learn to do your own preliminary title searches.

I'd look at the and essentially do a preliminary analysis.

I'm trying to find an agency that will do affordable preliminary title reports with a quick turn around.....my local title companies are too busy and more focused on the escrow side of their business.

Additional information regarding employment and population:  According to the preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics, 69,900 net new jobs have been created over the last 12 months.  

If you don't have a pen and paper - you now have their caller ID - do a preliminary bond and rapport session with them, go through a little discovery and tell them a time that you'll call back (then stick to that time!).