Best of luck as you take the next steps, and feel free to share updates or ask more questions!

Hi, pre foreclosure in all of its permutations, before the bank sends Notice of Default (NOD) or efter which is state even county dependant but often starts a 4 week clock till the trustee auction are the 2nd most difficult deal scenario and IMHO only experienced investors should bother, the 1st most difficult deal scenario are bidding at the court house steps on lord only knows what is being auctioned off sometimes even 2nd mortgages, you need to do so much home work to attempt to reduce your risk at the court house steps...Pre foreclosure no one talks about these issues, always about the nice sounding stuff like "motivated seller" get a good deal etc etc both are usually not the case.- 95% of folks in pre or post NOD want to stay in their house, keep their house inspite of them 100% will loose the house at the auction. 

Hello Tiffani Hollis, Congratulations on stepping into the realestate game.

Seeing your intro is a breath of fresh air.. what's your next step in building a strong investment network?

I'm getting up there in age and feel like I'm getting a late start, so I'm looking to avoid any unnecessary steps along the way.

Our experience is that many lenders/servicer customer representatives may not know the protections that exist for those that want to put asset protection steps in place. 

Offering discounts and opening up your calendar are great steps.

Are there additional steps you take when screening applicants, or do you take fewer steps?

Currently I'm looking for some kind of methodology, software or app, that I can use to manage the properties, which will allow for another family member to step in to my role relatively seamlessly if I were to pass in the future.

I do pretty much like more SD than SA, but as you asked, the money that I have to invest it aint that much, goes between 30-40K to start and will be definitely for long term, as I said, I´m a beginner in this business in the US, as commons says I´m at the baby steps stage right now.