Quote from @Sara Kumar: Go to YouTube and search for "real estate negotiation training," and you'll find plenty of videos.

These are all ideas around the edges, but the big thing is to buy something that allows you to offset your mortgage with rent income and then save that for the next.Anyway, good luck in your search!

If you reach out to a local title company, they sometimes do a basic title search for $50-$100. 

Here's one: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/3-steps-find-best-real-es...To find more, use the search bar (magnifying glass) in the upper-right.

We also ensure that everyone on the team has the critical dates on their Google Calendar.

You can use a temporary google number in the listing to get past that hurdle for phone calls and texts but you will still get mailers.

You expect a long home search where the agent will have to schedule lots of showings for you, over a long period of time?

I will start searching and calling around this afternoon. 

No local attorneys wanted to do such a time consuming, possibly long search, so we were not able to purchase the land. 

I live in Oakland and am now searching the Bay Area for similar financing out here.