This is key, a vital player on your team.

One technique, I used for years on Lease Options was to 'forget a vital piece of paperwork' when taking an application.

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But that there's opportunity eveywhere to find investors or professionals in the business who need good, hungry help and where you can learn vital parts of the business.  

I think these questions are the most vital in determining if the house will be profitable or another expense.

Our focus will be on wholesaling, rehabs and eventually adding renal properties.Obviously networking will be vital so creating relationships with others so we can start our buyers/sellers lists and get help as well as help others in the businesses.Lastly getting funding is another big issue, I have a few leads, but I am thinking hard money will be needed starting out.Hope to get to know several members and hopefully help each other in the future.

We were fortunate to ride a hot market to increase profit and its vital to keep a pulse on that but without a little creativity we could have easily accepted the 'no' after the initial offer and moved along with life.

We used to be able to go to the Bureau of Vital Statistic and get birth and death certificates.

They are acting as an agent without the laws, ethics requirements, education, and insurance that are vital IMO.It is quite possible you might find many of their representations are not true.

This is a vitally important concept in surviving as an investor, especially as we go through the contractions of the economy.