BiggerPockets has become a gold mine!

I retired from the military and currently work for a big retail chain in the logistics department but I'm looking for ways where I can do REI full time.

@Todd GilfoyThat invitation from Charles Parrishis gold! 

I have the nonrefundable fee in there to ensure I am dealing with a legit buyer and not another wholesaler who wants to daisy chain this property. 

Hudson which has seeing a ton of appreciation along gold coast)Personally: I always buy for cash flow so in NJ, 7% is the minimum I will accept.

Account Closed  My bank is a local bank, not a national chain.

Scott recommends in his book, for example, to look for them when the local HomeDepo or similar chain just opens in the morning.

However, there's no guarantee how long that would be (or at least, I don't have enough knowledge to know--if you know, say, with good evidence, that 2 years from now the prices will drop significantly then waiting is prudent).If there is no real evidence of large, detrimental economic factors going on (war, people moving out of the Bay in masses, an unusual amount of new construction making the supply on houses extraordinarily large for a prolonged amount of time), then there is no reason to assume that the seller's market will swing back to a buyer's market any time soon.The fact remains that the population in the Bay is growing year after year, tech companies are still expanding (to such a point where they are closing down Gold's Gyms, grrr, but that's another story), and this is still a highly desirable place to live.  

You take the purchase contract to an escrow company and they will do the closing,which will in include title search, liens chain of title etc.

Network with your local Realtors who are representing investors - that's a gold mine!