I never realized there even were drum-mags available for 12-gauge shotguns until they started talking about banning them..

Best one ever: "He practices drums at 7:00am!"

I go out and rent a sander , if the floors are in bad shape I get a drum sander , if they are in fair shape I get the large vibrating sander ,I do take the time to do 3 coats .

A comparison might be all residential real estate matters filling a 12 oz glass and finance requiring a 55 gallon drum.

As far as I have seen deceptively low prices are listed for short sales quite often in order to drum up interest and attract a large number of bids.

I don't know that we have many here who know the legalities of how to run one, particularly in Cali, but we can drum up an endless supply of complaints about how they are run......but they're mostly just moaning, groaning and complaining....so just ignore 'em.Are you encouraged YET?

Buy getting pre approved, you will know exactly how much you can afford to purchase and it will also help you to focus your efforts on finding properties within your price range - you would hate to drum up a bunch of numbers only to find out that you do not even qualify for the loan to begin with - so getting that lined up first is KEY.

And they rely on FEAR (fear of not being successful, mostly) to drum up business from those who are too naive to believe them.I'm not saying there is anything wrong with training, coaching or mentoring (I've even written about those times when I believe paid training is the best course of action); what I'm saying is that it's not "unrealistic" for someone to be successful without it.And to be fair to many people here on BiggerPockets, there are plenty of real estate coaches who participate here on BP.  

This forum is for your personal introduction, so tell us a bit about your investing experience and goals.You'll want to check out the Marketplace forum to try to drum up business.

I will bang the drum of get a servicer again.