I will start by expressing my respect and admiration for the vibrant community of investors helping one another for the mutual benefit of all here at BiggerPockets.

Here is my approach on the probate:1st mailers are normally just a white professional letter expressing my condolences to the family and just letting them know that I am looking for a house in the general area of the estate and when or if they want to sell to please give me a call.Then a month later i will check back up with them with a yellow letter, hand written, pretty much just letting them know a little more who I am and that I am still interested in there property and leave them with my number to get in touch with me.After another month I will check back in with a post card letting them know that I'm still here and just checking back up with them pretty much.After that last post card i will normally wait 60 days to send another post card, and then that post card will pretty much be the same as the last post card I sent them.

Simply express to them your concerns in justifying the M2M and see what they say.

I often give a letter of intent to the seller expressing my interest and numerous options.  

My boyfriend and I are planning on getting married in the next year and a half and have expressed a strong desire to invest in real estate together AFTER we get married.

Hi All,First off, I have been reading Bigger Pockets for years and I would like to start this post expressing a tremendous amount of respect and admiration to all you folks.

The wife's on-board and has even expressed interest in doing some research on properties.

I Simply stated thank you and I as I would love to express our products I didn't want to break the rules of the forum. 

What's the difference expressed as a percentage of fair market value?

American Express has the best, non-negotiated rates for the multi-family housing business @ just over 2%.