Do you focus on the big projects first (i.e. kitchen) or prefer to cover the easier tasks right away, such as painting the bedroom?

Thanks for keeping us updated and I do hope to hear about your next adventure as far as flipping goes, talk to ya later!

With the current market, I am hoping to start my real estate adventure in about 8 to 12 month from now.

My wife and I moved here 5 years ago for a new adventure and to get involved in the growing RE market here.I have been learning about blogging and have been looking for a place in the blogosphere to learn and to share and this seems to be a great place.

Not sure I can follow all the suggestions, but the idea of focusing your time on the truly important tasks and ignoring everything else is intruiging.Jon

You will be negotiating to buy properties at $50,000 less than value.Cold calling is the most important task you can do to create wealth as you begin your career.

Here are a few potential services:Market analysis, locating and researching lenders/brokers to meet financing needs, locating and researching property managers, exploring the market trends, past and present, pulling credit scores, researching inspectors, and assist in various tasks during the due diligence phase.I appreciate your feedback!

I also think they were being overly polite while holding back something I suspect they know all too well...Contacting and communicating with a homeowner in foreclosure who still lives in the house is what I consider to be one of, if not the most difficult task a real estate investor can ever face.

I am curious how one goes about finding people who can and are willing to hold a promissory note with the intention of having it secured with a deed of trust, I have recently been tasked with this and have no idea where to start looking or even how to go about it?

a handyman can hang drywall probably, then hire someone to texture it if he does not know how.Some handyman work based on time estimae and wage, others estimate on desperacy for work, or how much they hate that specific task.