You will pay for education no matter the source...attorney, coach or via the school of hard knocks.

Networking with brokers is great too, depending on the broker, but the truly best deals you will strike and have the opportunity to execute will come when you are the one taking the call directly.Send letters, cold call, warm call, knock on doors, leave door hangers, post ads, do anything to start a conversation with someone who may be considering selling their property.

He can cold call or knock on some doors if his back allows it.

If I knocked on your door trying to sell you streak knives for $750.00 and you said "No, get off my lawn" Could I then somehow require you to sign a form stating I presented you with the opportunity to purchase them?

I am totally fine with this income at the moment but the only problem is when the tax man comes knocking I have to fork over 50 to 55k of my hard earned money.

The only problem is when the tax man comes knocking I have to fork over 50 to 55k of my hard earned money!

The usual methods of knocking on the door and looking up the owner on Cook County site have not worked (several liens and owners listed on the cookrecorder.com so it's clear as mud).  

I agree with the above posters, get a lawyer to knock it out.

If you're in real estate full time I understand the self promotion and deals that may come from it so can't knock that.

Not your problem it is going to take a week or two to get to them.I would rather an out of country ex-tenant be mad his last check took two weeks to get to him then the FBI come knocking on my door because I unwittingly deposited a check into a terrorist money laundering slush fund.Plus I do not think you can even walk into a bank and try and put money into someone else's account anymore unless you are on the account or you have a deposit slip etc.