In general, Sarasota can be tricky between the City/County ordinances and the multitude of HOA’s all with their own set of guidelines.

There's a multitude of ways to start depending on the route you're looking to take. 

There are a multitude of reasons plus the advertised sales price is not always the price an asset actually gets sold at. 

I think if you consider it for awhile it becomes obvious that a multitude of considerations come into play that make a property a good deal.One illustration, I happen to know an investor in Seattle that is and has been doing quite well for years buying apartments, holding them for 5 years or less and selling them.

On the other hand, since this is an REO, you can encounter similar results quite often for a multitude of reasons.As for the camping excuse, any agent with outstanding listings should have the brains to place someone in charge to answer and return calls on their listings while away, that is just simple good business practice and most lack it.

By that I mean read a multitude of books both on the history of the Great Depression and then on what knowledgeable authors are extrapolating for the future.

There is so much to learn and I am sure that you will find a multitude available for you on here.I want to personally invite you to Snatch your FREE copy of the E-Book, How to Make $10,000 this Month in Real Estate with No Money or No Credit.

What worked on one short sale may not work on another for a multitude of reasons.The basics are 1) work with the homeowner and collect paperwork including"p&s (add a line that says you're reselling for profit and can market the property)tax returnsbank statementspay stubshardship letterauthorization for releasefinancial form disclosuresThen take that paperwork and your HUD1 filled out and send to the lender2) negotiate negotiate...you may want to outsource this3) Bpo gets ordered.

Family Trust is different then a Land Trust Andrew was right Land Trusts are dead and old news.We use the Family Trust for a multitude of reasons.

I don't deal with foundation issues yet, and with the multitude of houses available to OO's right now, they would likely pass on one with visible foundation issues as well.i would pass