In my expierence they are very slow and unresponsive.

In a depression the GDP falls, it is the slowing of the consumption function or products and services being consumed less than an economy in balance.

I then check the state department of corporations website and lookup the llc however it doesnt list the members names so it's not clear who actually owns the property.says i can order a copy of the articles, which would give me the members, but it comes in the mail so it will be slow and costs $10.is there any online resource where i can view this information immediately?

The method is slow, and I was only able to pull 100 names a week or so, but back then I had more time than money.There are also services that sell lists, such as Listsource, Melissa Data, and yes, click 2 mail.

They have been so slow at helping, I've had to ask the new property manager to send in his team.

Remember:RE has only 2 speeds: forward is slow, but reverse is usually very fast and painful!

Probably the least productive activity is having to weed out the pretenders from the real players.I typically do this with having anyone I work with show bank statements and to verify that when they say they have 400,000, 1 million, or whatever to work with that they actually do in fact have that.You would not believe the number of people out there that pretend to be working with capital or overpromise themselves.

I'm going to do it very slow and conservative and keep my cash business going while I do it.

(Heck, throw in marketing and management courses and you've got the functional parts of most business administration degrees.)It always drives me nuts when I see people spend thousands and thousands on expensive real estate 'courses' or 'mentors' when that money could have been spent a lot more productively learning some basic business principles at a local college.

I know you'll want to do more but you've got time to do it slow and right.What I would consider in your position is buying 1 house that needs some light handyman work to it and fixing it up to rent or sell.