I've had calls on houses that sold over a year ago but still showed up on the Z and T sites.

st=TN&cno=037&z=&tab=d#Of course they want you to also buy into their service, but if you can search the MLS, it's fairly trivial to find the actual houses without paying anything (at least those that aren't FSBOs)But, the truth is that these kinds of searches are only as good as the information they start with, which is to say, not very.

You're part of "generation z".

@Christine Z. 

How do I go from A to Z?? 

Most will have a Virginia-barred attorney on staff who can handle this for you from A-Z... to me it sounds like a perfect flat-fee situation in the $1500 range (exclusive of closing).Ignore the what people are saying about this being a bad deal for your friend... that is irrelevant.

@Tracy Z.

@Priscilla Z.

By the time you're actually ready to invest you'll have already made tons of calls to learn the market and should have a pretty good game plan of how you're going to get from A to Z in that call.

It's good to know "if I find a deal I can contact "X", "Y" and "Z".