Huiping works for an "investor friendly" HUD Brokerage.As such, she can set up custom searches on MLS based on your criteria that can be delivered right to your in box, then if you see a property you love, she can also make an offer on it for you and then "work the deal" on your behalf.Further, she can add you to our HUD weekly update list, and you will receive a multi-county spreadsheet of every property HUD has listed.

For us beginners: I spent all my savings to attend the "Flip & make money" workshops, followed all advice, and made the manuals my bible.

My out-of-the-box suggestion is to check out the "Housing Wanted" section of Craig's List. 

And hey, if that person is the one out finding the best deals on the mls and taking the time to run numbers with you, or finding off-mls deals, they earned their check and it would be a dick move to cut them out (incidentally Daniel, whatever agent spent all that time running numbers and teaching you so well that you don't need an agent any more...

Box where they can send payments, so they don't have direct and easy access to my home address. 

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Also, any payments the buyer makes should be applied to reimburse any amounts you spent before they are applied to the standard monthly payment.

I spent lots of time analyzing other markets such as Northwest Indiana, Dallas, Huston, St.

@Sydney Hall, I grew up in SLO county, went to Cuesta before transferring up to SFSU, and spent most of my childhood on that beautiful coastline.. :)  We'll have a meetup there in late July when I'm back if you want to join!

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