If you do decide to invest in the Sacramento region, feel free to reach out--I grew up in the area and my company recently published a piece on the best Sacramento neighborhoods to invest in.

Simply because their names are published by RealtyTrac, or any other info reseller, doesn't necessarily mean the homeowners want to sell, or need to sell.

Some auction firms will publish the info.John Corey

This software is so affordable and has features like: automatic payments from your tenants bank account, tenant screening, publishing vacancies to sites such as realtor, zillow, Craigslist, etc., and keeps individual spreadsheets for each of your properties.

Start out with the podcasts, and all the free books biggerpockets has published and read/search the forums.

BiggerPockets published a book on self-storage investing late last year.

Beyond advising on Immigration issues (pretty significant value added if you're a foreign national), my strongest assets are writing, exhaustively researching a topic (I was published twice in law school), and looking at things from multiple points of view.Thanks in advance, looking forward to working with everybody out there.

Also, you can sometimes get the feeling of control when you buy prior - your actions removed this property from sale, often last minute - many still show up to buy said property without even knowing you did some legwork behind the scenes and now own it.Of course you are on the hook for the back taxes, they are published, no suprises, no bidding wars.

This enables them to account for all income and expenses for the calendar month before paying out the owner draw in publishing your statement.I pay my owners around the 10th to 15th of each month, which is more common and what most owners expect.

.………………………... 164Chapter 8 Real Estate Publishing Opportunities………………… 164The Publishing Business Model………………….……………………. 166Publishing Tools and Skills………………….………………………... 167Information Publishing Ideas………………….………………………. 168FSBO Books and Products………………….…………………………. 168Real Estate Newsletters………………….…………………………….. 169Newsletter Problems………………….……………………………….. 170The 21st Century Newsletter………………….……………………….. 171Newsletter Advantages………………….…………………………….. 172Real Estate Book Review Club………………….…………………….. 172State Specific Landlording Manuals………………….……………….. 173Web Publishing………………….………………….…………………. 173Speaking and Seminar Opportunities………………………………….. 174Home Buyers Monthly Guide………………….……………………… 175Publishing Resources………………….………………………………. 176Chapter 9 Opportunities in Real Estate Paper…………………… 177Mortgage Brokering………………….………………………………... 177Mortgage Brokering Business Model…………………………………. 178Mortgage Broker Fees………………….……………………………… 179Various M.B.