Then negotiations etc - too easy to run out of time when lists are often only published a month or so before the sale, so as I said, not suitable for me (I'm not in CA!).

In a nutshell, seller financing would no longer be allowed for non-owner occupied homes.How YOU can help:We learned about the publishing of the rules very late in the process... and the deadline for comment is upon us on February 16.

Look at the publishing date of the book and that usually gives a hint.Not discouraging you to try it.

It has plenty of technical detail, and is the only place I read how a strawberry picker got a $700,000-some loan.The Orange County Register published this letter from me on 1/27/2005: "It seems obvious that there is not a real estate bubble.

I'm also a published author who is working on my second book.

The Austin Business Journal published a good article on this reality >http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2017/01/27/austin-ranks-among-worst-u-s-city-for-flipping-a.html   

I'm sure there are agents/investors here who specialize in this submarket, you should publish the ratios you're used to at the Jersey Shore & they should be able to tell you how that compares with their figures locally.

As you repeat the process you will get better at asking questions, reviewing the published materials and conduction DD.You need to be able to survive the surprises so you can learn and fight (invest) another day. 

You can publish in FB, Craigslist and so on and find a tenant, but writing lease to cover yourself and all other things when it comes to making decision, you need a person with you who can guide you on your first deal :-) I didn't mean to scare you but that's the reality. 

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