Just be aware that managing for others can be a completely different animal than managing for yourself.

:) After the first of the year, I hope to MAYBE get back in to commercial RE leasing, but I'm sure it's a whole different animal than what I was used to in a Govt. agency.

$50 fee and remove the animal.

It does also help the cause if they are behind on their payments, but it isn't absolutely required.If their loan qualifies for HAFA that is the way to go because it makes things a lot smoother. http://www.makinghomeaffordable.gov/programs/exit-gracefully/Pages/hafa.aspx

Land is a different animal.

This will also show the seller and the listing agent that you and your buying agent are in tune with the market and it should make the process a smoother deal.

Absolutely DuRon any tools you can have on your side when marketing a project is incredibly helpful in negotiating. if you know the first 5 problems an investor will point out and exactly how to fix them then your sells will go alot smoother.

Getting deals off market helps, or just knowing how to find a good one on MLS (I have my own system for finding MLS properties which is usually pretty effective if you have somewhat a creative mind).The Bay Area is another animal and not like typical markets around the country, it's essentially a big city like NY (7.5 million population in Bay Area) and extremely tech driven.

“My insurance company says I need the name and ages of everyone living here and any animals.

We are still working (more slowly than we'd like) on turning that place around, but it is going to be much smoother than the first!