In addition to those fees some brokers charge a fee on each deal you do to cover the technology/office access.

I'm going to have to learn a bit about how to utilize technology and network with others to minimize the distance risk.

According to a recent article in ‘National Real Estate Investor,’ many commercial real estate investors will have difficulty refinancing their maturing loans.

They don't recommend water finishes even though they are the "new technology" and can't get the job done in a day.The floors were done with water finish before we moved in and already 8 months later they are worn...

It may simply be that with the advances in technology, education, access to information on a global scale has made it possible for more folks to find a path to becoming millionaires and even billionaires.

Talk to a realtorTalk to a property management companyTalk to people at a local REIAI'm still looking at purchasing in Durham, but I check city-data.com, drive by, and ask people I trust at the TREIA group.Honestly, I think that its that difficulty in figuring out the bad from the good that makes Durham a good value for the local buy and hold investor that's willing to do research.

Chin up I suppose.The credibility is the part I am finding difficulty with.

The fact that you are having difficulty finding an attorney... maybe that's a good hint.

I had difficulty getting some outfits to respond because I was just a guy with a rental but when I started identifying myself as a guy who was building a property management company I finally started getting some traction and building relationships.

Having a partner warrant title is the best way to go.I'd also say that this technique, while cleaner and less expensive than a double closing, it will require cooperation of the partner buyer and that may cause difficulty for many investors.