Some of it may be in the drywall, as our beloved canine friends have been known to lift a leg to do their thing.

Now my life is "ruined" :) As of writing this post, my Real Estate investing experience is a big fat 0.

After all, I enjoy getting checks monthly - but it would nice to cash in a fat check once in while too.Question 2 - Networking is key to finding good deals - MLS can have some good deals periodically - but the best deals are going to come from a distressed situation that you find out about through word of mouth - and that means staying in front of your network and growing it so that you are exposed to new situations and opportunities.

Or incompetent.Or, as is often the case, relocated and someone living in the subject property but not paying the taxes (or rent) while fat, dumb and happy.Your most valuable skill will be skip tracing; finding people who have a record ownership interest. 

Dave,A proactive approach including trained canine sniffing dogs is the best way  to insure that if any bedbug does come back you can nip it before it turns into a full blown infestation.

Both sides need to man up and take responsibility but unfortunately the banks with their now big fat bailout checks from our wonderful government feel that they don't need to take responsibility anymore now that big bro is backing them up.Nice wonderful system we have in place here!!!!!

Merry Christmas guys now if you will excuse me I must take care of some fat guy with a white beard and reindeer on my roof.

Having a flexible job with enough fat to save and invest is arguably a better position to be in for what it sounds like you want to do.If you do work for someone, I would suggest a much smaller venture, where you are able to wear many hats.

Anyone can swing a bat but waiting for the fat pitch requires a decent amount of emotional maturity.

In that we can, in theory, put a value on any loan anywhere which provides for returns relative to the risks.