Pretend you are worried about sex offenders living on your property while you are going through the eviction process.

They try and paint a picture of an ideal short sale...banks stepping up and taking discounts...loss mitigators listening to reason after you show them your contractors estimates, price opinions, neighborhood stats, sex offenders etc... and rightly so...I firmly believe the people advertising short sale seminars and boot camps are NOT actively doing short sales...otherwise they would have no time to market their products...therefore they lose credibility in my book.The upside is that they prepare you for the process, what paperwork to get from the homeowner so you have authorization to talk to the bank..and that will save you a lot of time.

@Stephen Au Hi Stephen, I am an investor in the San Gabriel Valley areas.

The head plumber told me that the waste line has a "U Trap" which he didn't know about and that's where the back up happened. 

Cash on cash was 18%.Appreciation hasn't been great in the past but it's in a growing area and the "path of progress" since its a hike ride to the new light rail.Another kicker is that one of the current tenants is a sex offender. 

My friend Rob Dupree actually runs one in Allentown too:https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Investing-with-Mortga...We don't necessarily JV with investors on individual notes but we do JV in a sense with accredited investors in our note fund.But thanks for the plug @James Masotti!

@Brooklyn Au

This is an open room kitchen, a U shape. 

But this is not rocket science and anything that we discuss here on BP or is taught in the new wave of Guru has been done many times in the past.The folks in AU need to take some responsibility as well...

@Joe Au I think you may need to read some books on it and see it this fits what you are trying to do?