We could not officially sign the papers until NASB turned over the money, but NASB would not turn over the money until we had signed the papers.Fortunately, we were able to get a short-term loan for the balance, officially buy the property, get the NASB mortgage, and then pay the short term loan back within a very short time frame.Now I want to buy another property with another friend using SD-IRA's and I don't want to go through the same process.

Oooorrrrrrrr, talk to the seller and agree to put his name on the other property (have a good lawyer draw up papers) on a first mortgage spot in exchange for him financing the down payment too.

Do not cut any corners to make something look better on paper.  

What is the most efficient way to find probate leads if the local papers will not give/sell you a list of notices?

Today my wife and I just signed the papers to take ownership of our very first investment property; a duplex in Keizer Oregon (a suburb of Salem).  

This happened much sooner than expected, and in the process of attempting to rent/sell asap we managed to rent our property, and we found some great (on paper) tenants.  

This attracts a lot of out of state investors who think that the low barrier to entry and high tenant pool equates to high cash flow at double digit rates as it would appear on paper. 

We'll be selling our home in a year or so, and it's perfectly fine, up-kept, good neighborhood, etc - but I'm tempted to sell to an investor just to avoid doing paper work. :-)

There are a lot of moving parts to it so make sure you get the paper work correct.

Sorry alot of these other investors don't understand construction side of things cuz they get over their heads isn't fair to the one who's doing the work when they run out of money cuz they haven't dealt with anything of the sort & I'm tired of filing paper work over breech of contract it's old.