Jack just have them deposit it into escrow like any other deal.. and a notarized document does not mean squat it only means it was notarized how on earth do you think that would help you if they did not pay you LOL.. you would have to sue them and that's expensive and time consuming just like you found out when you got in the squabble over the 10k EM.I have had a few of my notes I carried on bare land that turned out the buyers were growing weed and they wanted to pay me off in cash..

I use The Mackey Team A/C & Heating and have found them to be down to earth and reasonably priced.

if you do not have enough money find the folks who do who are also open minded about your journey.The key is to find passionate A team members the ones who will believe in you.Perhaps I am not the best person to provide this advice because after all ... heck I am just a newbie and only 2 months and 14 days in commercial real estate journey....Yet somehow I already found one person just from a local meeting who I managed to bond with well.The idea here is to be likable and yes make contacts across both virtual levels and physical levels.In case if interested how I get folks to trust me.. even though I am just a newbie feel free to check out my journey, where I document my actions and simply share with folks my passion to gain financial freedom by investing into multi family building.If interested to see how on earth am I doing this feel free to ask me to share the link to my blog and I will gladly do so.And once again welcome to this forum and I am excited to have new passionate members in this amazing journey towards financial freedom.

I simply want to be able to enjoy my little time on this earth and not spend 50-70 hours a week at my "job" until I die or retire.

The market is probably not going to do too well with the volcano eruptions...no...not for the lava threat...but the volcanic ash-smoke and earth quakes (which can cause damage too).My guesses with regard to the market on the Big Island.

Then you can go to google earth within the site and check the property.

Not if you use a realtor and rent something that is listed on the MLS or from an actual apartment building.You mentioned Craigslist - why on earth would you do anything on there??

In fact if these are the scum of the earth, and they are if they are going to tear up the house, then they are going to be a problem for you either way.

Well when i first laid out my site, I had loopnet on my mind and set up an area for commercial real estate for rent, sale and all other kinds of stuff as well as a commercial real estate agents directory.But half way in the middle I said to myself, where on earth am I going to find people which will actually list their property on my site even for free, I mean this is such a big area and my site is going to start looking shabby with just empty pages.So for the time being, I let that part slide.

So what on earth would make me believe that these privileged, self-supporting, and independent sons and daughters of mine need money more than people whose homes were destroyed by tsunamis through no fault of their own?