I don't remember,) we still had to wait a bit so as not to provide the fleas with any food(yes, I mean human blood.)This craziness occurred after I'd been in the business for 13 years.

you can negotiate to buy out the lease if the lessor will go for it. its a tough business now in our area.. some really smart young bloods up in Seattle have put together a fantastic on line way of following the sale. along with they own the RE company and the HML.. they provide the check they do all the work you simply need 20% equity and they will bid for you and make you the loan they will have the redemetions rights figure out etc.  

@Dion DePaoli  Might be time to have your sugar levels tested(I'm not a Dr, consult a professional). 

My wife and I use "sugar in the raw".

Real estate gets in your blood in a way few if any other investments can.       

I cut the cards, got a second job and paid off the debts through blood sweat and tears.  

Young sweet new wholesale blood.Let me enjoy it now because sooner than later that sweet new blood will turn sour when you REALLY start to dive into wholesaling muuuhahahahaSo.. not to bring you down... tooo much...You say:"the only thing that’s giving me problems is finding out who actually owns the property,"Bless your lil heart.Finding out who owns the property is relatively (super) easy.The hard part is getting contracts accepted...

I am reading/hearing that Houston is extremely aggressive, so as a beginning investor, I am thinking of focusing on some of the suburbs of Houston (Sugar Land, Richmond, Rosenberg, Katy, Cypress, Etc.).

Maybe someone can develop an app that provides bio-feedback and will send inbound callers with elevated blood pressure and/or heart rate to voicemail? 

when you're broke - how you gonna pay for marketing - (this is the blood to the business!!)