Peter,In terms of future offers, your county should have a website where you can look up permits by address.

Clearly they don't see the value of presenting to and connecting with their peers and colleagues.In case you didn't know, standard practice in the industry is to take somewhere around a 50% cut of the price of products sold in the back of the room at REI conferences/clubs or through websites that hawk these things.

Every county has their own way of doing things, so you'll need to check with your county tax assessor to know for sure (should be on their website I would imagine).For example, in my county, taxes are due September 15 for the entire year -- in other words, by September 15, 2011, I had to pay all my 2011 taxes.

I'm interested to discuss some of the marketing ideas other Real Estate Professionals and Enthusiast use as it relates to Search Engine Marketing, Putting Your Website on Page 1 of the SERPS in your Market, Whether you use a content management system like Wordpress or Drupal for your professional website.

Many cities have web sites that they call assessor sites that show tax value and show history of sales.

For others who wonder how to start your search, go to the HUD , Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac home search websites.  

Sidetrackig into the websites of member whoses sites are chock full of valuable information.First started dabbling in real estate about 10 years ago, bought a small complex of five commercial buildings in a tourist area, spend a year renovated them and rented them out.

Jake Kucheck Go ahead and post it... there's a link to another on here, I'm sure that's ok, I think the rule is more not to have everyone promoting their websites, etc.

As far as advertising I am currently working on a website.

It seems to me a larger owner could influence the manager to direct tenants towards them and away from my property)*The property management company has a terrible website, and it begs the question how competent and reliable they may be*It is my understanding that I pay the management fee regardless of vacancy, however I'm not sure on that, perhaps someone who has had prior experience with these type of communities could tell me how they are normally structured.I apologize if I don't quite have the RE vocabulary down, but hopefully you folks can provide some advice and help me get my start in real estate!