There have been a ton of warning signs here on BP and other sites about the markets and how to be a smarter investor - but that is boring advice.

It's also good to read local business journals and visit the chamber of commerce website. 

To find a pre-foreclosure home, buyers can search popular websites that pick up feeds from an aggregator or they can pay for the feed.

It is a great site, but can be a bit daunting especially as you go down the rabbit holes of all the different options.

We do land entitlement so we control all sites and tie them up until zoning is approved. we don't buy land that we can't entitle first

I got a hold of the owner by looking up his information on the county website.

U can check out  ivyridgeestatescanby dot com for my 90 home project in Oregon that I did with my oregon bank and then my website for pictures of homes we built in Charleston SC which is the only market I tagged HML ( lima one) and only one time the rest were done with Ameris bank or Service first bank that is local in the market. its all about the three C's  Character Collateral and capacity..

Second, in terms of asset protection, LLCs are not invincible, but I think what many don’t understand is that they are not designed to completely shield your assets from liabilities, on the contrary they are designed to contain and isolate liabilities.

Average rental rates, vacancies, competition, growth, appreciation, etc..Ive heard of scrolling through Zillow and collecting information by looking at properties for sale/rent but was wondering if there is a site where all of this information is easily accessible or any ideas for better ways to go about it.Thanks in advance!

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