Many developers lost their shirt here and the smart ones bought from the bank at a huge discount and are smiling all the way to the bank.If you wait for the un experienced to outlay tons of cash and then have a failed project you can come in and finish and pick up their lost equity on the cheap.Some sites:http://www.bnibooks.com/?

So, get dressed to impress (or at least into your most comfortable Zoom shirt) and meet other investors at industry events, in real estate groups, and online.

Tax Deeds in Connecticut are often overpriced and a newbie will lose their shirt pursuing them.

I have basically two options at this point either buy stamps and have a blast putting them on or I can reach out to a local provider of mail meters.

Submit to planning/building (make sure PE has wet stamp) then use prints to shop for contractors to execute.

Both of them I'll say that I lost my shirt.

There is a special form that you must fill out, which they essentially just rubber stamp; trying to get the form will take a week or two because it must come from and be mailed back to the Manhattan head office.

I went on a buying spree, overpaid, and lost my shirt in 2008. 

Experienced  investors will just hoard cash and mop up again on the down turn buying the stuff the other investors lose their shirts on.

As for closing costs, In most counties, the seller generally pays for title insurance (0.55% of price) doc stamps (0.7%) title search and misc.