You will also find the skip traced email addresses are pretty bad so it would also likely get a lot of bounces and spam traps so could hurt the reputation of whatever IP you send from so not worth it.

That said, in my opinion, if you have the fortitude to bounce back from that, it's probably the best $20,000 in educational money you ever spent.

They may give you a check that will bounce then you will be paying to evict.

It beat me to death for several years until the market bounced back.

We'd bounce ideas, problems, deal reviews, share experiences or whatever with the rest of the group.

THere may be other lien holders... you should find out about that.On the day of the Aucton, the county will start the bidding at their costs (Say $1,200), the 2ed bid (almost always) is the bank will bid that plus their lien (So $221,200)... the bank will then start praying that someone else bids..... often no one does.THEN the bank owns the house (which they never wanted to happen), so then the bank who works as fast as glaciers, get the paperwork ready so they own the house and can sell it (weeks to months, add time if someone is dead or bankrupt), once they have the paperwork they figure out how much money they put into this, they add some profit or negotiating room, bounce that off of an in-house (ie approximate) appraisal and generate a list price, they then give that package to their whipping boy the "Foreclosure agent", who posts it on MLS or gets a buyer and is expected to get only 1.5 or 2% of the deal as a commission.So you can find out what the bank will bid, if you can catch the property at the sheriff auction, which may be (way) less than the market price and the bank would be happy to let it go as long as they are paid...

So I'd have to sell more than twice as many investor homes than retail homes to get comparable commissions.The other thing I'm bouncing around is whether I should stay with my discount broker that offers 100% commission with no day to day support, or join a traditional broker (with a strong brand name) that will take a big chunk of my commission, but will provide significant training on traditional real estate listings and buyer representation and will also allow me to focus on investors and/or retail buyers.

I'm sure it wont take me 5 or 10 more deals to figure this out but I don't want somebody to show me the ropes then I bounce on them I know that time is money that why I would be interested in sticking around to share the wealth.

The only reason you wouldn't get the message is if we're bouncing.

Do not hesitate, to post questions and bounce ideas around in applicable forums.