Read and comment my blog on Ukraine real estate market - 2nd fast growing in CEE - http://skalinin.blogspot.comRegards, Sergey Kalinin

i've founded two business entities - one LLC for real estate and management of our "blog" site - although i'm kind of proud that it doesn't look like your average cheezy blog.

We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate.

I am keeping a blog about my research and experiences if anyone is interesting in learning more about this type of out of state investing.

Dee, My good friend Bill Walston just completed an article on his blog that will answer this for you.

Read as many blogs on TREA as I could find.

He has a very detailed blog of his experiences on his websitewww.iamfacingforeclosure.comNow if only he would have put as much time, effort, and professionalism into real estate investing that he puts into writing and maintaining his blog...

I have a tool in the upper right corner on my blog that will take you directly to the HUD site for your state , then I would suggest going in and reading the broker manual and the forms for buying a HUD home in your state, many states list the home for 10 days as owner occ, then on the 11th day it can be bid on by "all purchasers" which would be you as an investor.I have never heard of hard money lenders looking at your own home, they are typically concerned with the home that you are buying.

Welcome to BP @Anthony Hill Be sure to check out the blogs as well.

Don't discount the great knowledge of others from all over that will be able to help you too.Read the articles on the main blog, listen to the BP Podcasts and be active on the forums and you will get a great education in any aspect of real estate you are interested in.Good to see you already are hitting some of the local REIAs.