My name is Abed Asghar and I currently reside in Laguna Beach.I had a job at a large fitness corporation and have always wanted to get into real estate investing.

Be firm, but polite.

Our plan was to pay off our loans as fast as we can, start a corporation to mitigate risk and start a joint savings account where we do 50/50 contributions to build up cash to invest. 

You can then send a letter to whatever that address is.Couple things to look out for: (1) type their name in the property appraiser to check if they own multiple properties - if they own 5+ properties it's not worth your time mailing, (2) many vacant or abandoned houses are REOs - make sure you aren't sending mail to banks, corporations, etc.Lastly, if I was doing driving for dollars, I would not mail a yellow letter.

Has anyone every used Midwest Corporate Credit company for their loans?

The mayor recently mentioned he would like for rent control to apply to newer buildings toohttp://abc7.com/politics/la-mayor-calls-on-ca-to-m...I could see an opportunity if one could buy a multi family and rent at least one unit on airbnb.

I know many people who pull the 30% from a line of credit because they do not have the down payments  and then finance the deal via a mortgage through a corporation to hide the fact that they used a LC but again you are now 100% leveraged...You are young and your risk tolerance may be higher then some but I have bought and sold many dealswhen you are playing the "no money down game" it usually never ends well....

Part of being an S corporation (or taxed as one) is that the Shareholders are required to take reasonable wages. 

Buying a turn key business is simply my way of "getting" a better paying job for myself and look for REI opportunities as I would be a bit more flexible than now working for a corporation.

I called on the 5th and the Landlord who is usually a jerk was very polite and said "it's probably just a couple of days late".