Just be careful that you do your homework before you end up wasting your time like I did!

I am rounding my mortgage costs up for easy calculation and my owner expenses (percentages) are pretty conservative Purchase Price: $215,000Gross Rents: $2,400 ($1,200 per unit)_________________________________________________________________________________-Mortgage Costs-Principle: $1000Interest: 3.5% ( I may do a rate & term refi for a 3.2% interest rate)Taxes: $210Insurance: $140 (Lowest quote thus far)Appox.Total: $1350/month_________________________________________________________________________________-Owner Expenses-Utilities: $0/Minimal (water and electric separate)Prop.

Was just trying to say that over the years I have experience ALL of the google "slaps" of penguin and panda updates and have probably tried every single SEO ranking strategy known to man only to finally realize it is almost nearly wasted effort.

I also won't need to waste thousands of dollars and hours or days of my time attending the seminar.  

If lender cannot seek liquidation of collaterals securing loan and no one is up to wasting money to open probate in order to have standing, only to facilitate a no-win short sale?

These guys are dreamers and bird dogs and really just seem to be wasting everybody's time and maybe occasionally really rip a super naive person.

If it "takes a long time" to evict someone, that should inspire you to stop wasting time by waiting to file for eviction.

how do i make sure they are working efficiently and not wasting their time?

Rather than try to minimize an expense, I'd focus on building a relationship with a team member: the attorney.

Showing a property before it is ready is a waste of time 99% of the time.