Well done.If you make a profit on each deal (big or small) plus learn form each life will keep getting better.John Corey

First state with a bottle bill, first major metro area with an urban growth boundary (Portland), focus on green issues, right to die stand, exemption from the federal Medicare program so that they can factor in quality of life when deciding what is to be covered.OR tends to be split politically.

Not an ad but a summary of what you have been doing in your life prior to RE.The ad for your properties can be posted in the appropriate forums when you meat the minimum requirements.Good luck.John Corey

A friend from a prior life (co-worker, someone whose start up I helped to fund as an angel investor) is a cofounder of LinkedIn.Should we be encouraging people to connect on LinkedIn?

the challenge seems to be in finding an escrow/title company that will allow the "double escrow" to be done.....for example: there is an escrow open that is required by the lender once the "approval" from the lender is secured....then there needs to be another escrow opened between the "buyer" and the "end-buyer" on the same property....so, "end buyer" comes into escrow with the $300K plus closing costs, closes existing escrow on the property...then the title/escrow officer walks into the next room and applies the $250K plus closing costs to the original escrow to close that one.in theory and once in the past this was the way it was and still should be...but, now as it seems, most escrow/title companies are not wanting to do the "double" escrow for reasons of "full disclosure" to all parties, for fear of not being "sued" for some type of fraud.those of us not engaging in these tactics get penalized.....but, such is life....i have a title company that has stated they will do a "double" escrow but, will need to let the lender know this fact. not disclose the "amount" the "end-buyer" is paying, merely disclose there is a 'double" escrow in effect....well, obviously this should kill the deal right at the very end....so, not a wise direction to take....

I agree with John and Nate here.Forming an entity before you've done anything will only complicate your life and may be a big waste of money for you.Get involved, do some deals, and then down the road after you've made some money then you can look at incorporating.

And of course the best I could do was a quick hose off til I got home 3 hours later.I've never been more disgusted in my life.

You clearly understand this given your business success in other aspects of your life.

That's when you really sign your life away.

Andrew,For the life of me I can not remember how I came across some of the best blogs in the REI blogosphere but I did.