One is Madison and they charge $20 a month with Internet access and the other is Allied Servicing which charges $18.50 a month with no internet servicing.

We have programs that we readily pay your; grocery bill, rent, cell phone, internet, spending money, health insurance, Rx coverage, day care AND to boot not only do you NOT have to pay diddly-squat in income tax's that the rest of us subsidize (pay) for you but we even send you a big fat check each year if you have kids. 

Second, I pay for all utilities (Electric, Gas, Water, Yard Maintenance, Internet, etc.) and have it included in the rent price.

Also it is so much easier today with the internet.

Thats a huge accomplishment, it not like anyone with $150 and an internet connection can do that. 

Most property owners that get into the start of foreclosure sell before it becomes REO...the internet makes it much easier for owners to sell instead of take the foreclosure route.

You didn't know who to trust, half of all courses that were on the market were good, tons of fly by nite operators (still many of those), performance in websites was an afterthought... and in general the market had nowhere trustworthy to go to learn how to grow their real estate business using the internet. 

But one thing is for certain when you syndicate you now have 1000 partners who all have access to the internet for all things good bad or indifferent.How One handles the tough times is very important to reputation management as we ALL go through tough times if you have been in this business long enough.  

Real estate is a very forgiving investment platform.Before the internet, most investors bought without any understanding of return on investment, cash-on-cash returns, or anything else.

Any advice is greatly appreciated :) So you want to learn how to invest 100ks of thousands of dollars or millions from the internet?