Dealing with BLB and Western Title has not been the best experience.

Lots of good training videos for western state foreclosures.One if the challenges is the constantly changing laws and government intervention that makes it more difficult for the investor and lenders alike to stay current with compliance.Good luck and dint skimp on the education as it's ultimately your best ROI.

@Kevin DrysdaleIn addition to finding a trustee - on my last check only Olympia Trust, Canada Western Trust, Eastern Trust and Laurentian Bank (via B2B) were offering services for self-directed, arms-length mortgages - find yourself a broker who deals with private mortgages.Working though a broker can reduce the need for any single lender to fund the entire mortgage - the broker can have multiple (though usually <=4) RRSPs fund the mortgage and take care of the servicing.

Hey Nicholas, my wife and I live in San Diego but have two rentals in Western Nevada that we manage ourselves. 

I live in the western suburbs of Chicago and am here, first and foremost, to see how much I can learn so that I can figure out what my real goals are. 

@Wadood Jumriani While I can't speak for the whole of MD, here in western MD there is a huge supply and things are selling.

I invest in Rochester (western New York, ok pretty much southern Canada) and the market has been great to me.  

Any recommendations on these neighborhoods in the western side of Philly:- Intersection of Cedar and 60th (Cobbs Creek Pkwy/Christian St neighborhood)- Intersection of Baltimore Ave and 56th (Angora)The neighborhood in northern side of Philly is intersection of Wister St and Chetten Ave.Thank you very much for taking time to help me.

I live in western Michigan, and it's a pretty working class area.  

@Paul Kouri  looking at the western suburbs.