Give you the wherewithal to pursue and achieve your long-term goalsMany investors start off "too hot", and they either overdevelop their first property or they spend their money too fast - either of these behavior will stop you dead in your tracks, and you probably won't even be able to achieve your short-term goals - and you certainly won't have the resources to pursue your long-term goals.

I would add that an inordinate number of the properties I happen to look up in Harris County Property Tax Records still lack data for current tax year and may not display payments for previous years.

Give you the wherewithal to pursue and achieve your long-term goalsMany investors start off "too hot", and they either overdevelop their first property or they spend their money too fast: either of these behaviors will stop you dead in your tracks, and you probably won't even be able to achieve your short-term goals - and you certainly won't have the resources to pursue your long-term goals.

I don't think you would have a hard time finding buyers or partners for that matter if you could display the "deal" clearly with the numbers.

They all have parents as cosigners so that probably helps with their behavior.

Got a question for those of you that have bidded on and purchased REO properties off of Hubzu.When they have a "Own It Now" price displayed, if I was to win the auction for less (much less) than the Own It Now price, is their counter going to be a little less than that, or is that just going to be what they counter with regardless in your experience?

If you haven’t already, IMO your #1 objective at this time is to address the personal behavior and events that led to your credit score.

My questions, does he have a winnable case and should I contact the California Bureau of Real Estate for what appears to be unethical behavior? 

I can sum it up this way: I have yet to see ANYthing which does not display this one fatal shortcoming - REAL big on the "what to do" and "why to do it", but they all fall flat on the "how to do it".

I can't stand this and I think others feel the same about this general behavior of Realtors.