I have been listening to the early episodes of the Bigger Pockets podcast and joined the website in order to begin my education of the real estate world.

@Jon Holdman  alienation clauses are in the Mortgage not the note... generally... note is promise to pay and spells out the terms of repayment etc... of course some have dual purpose language but mine that I do all have the alinenation in the mort or deed of trust or deed to secure debt that is recorded giving the world notice that if title is alienated that that is an event of default and at my sole discretion I can call all sums due and payable.

Hi @Mel Rosario,Yes, I would have to say that cash really is king in the real estate world, especially when the seller is entertaining offers from investors - who have a notoriously bad habit of backing out of deals (part of the process).

In particular, the fact that being setup to invest remotely means the entire country (world?)

Essentially what happened was one of the largest independent publishing companies in the world found my music online and had me on TV within a day! 

Hello everyone,I'm still starting out in this brave new world of Real Estate Investing.

Ah, its a funny world.

6.5% seems steep in a %3.5 world... 

Welcome to the world of investing.

I'm meeting tons of new people, and want to show the world what I'm doing.