I think a good CPA that *you* are comfortable chatting with & bouncing ideas off of is a key part of your business, just like a great attorney, or a great plumber.

I find myself just asking for the key code so i can view properties on my own time and leave them out of doing nothing more than opening a door for me.I have met very few realtors that are really good and there value comes form a vast knoweldge of a market or area as well as really good contacts or access to potential deals before they hit the market. these people are very hard to find.

If they accept, I arrange to meet with them and either sign the lease, collect the full deposit and one months rent in cash and give them the keys, or sign the nonrefundable hold deposit form and collect the deposit, in cash.Screening is a binary decision.

My engineering degree, while not teaching me jack about real estate, refined some of the key skill sets that I believe will make me successful in my real estate endeavor.

I have heard him speak a couple of times and he really has some innovative ideas.John Corey

Now one of the counties I do business in doesn't have the records online, but for the other county looking up the note amount is a normal part of my research for a deal.The key to finding deals lies in two factors, motivated sellers and equity.

Hence if the place is nicely maintained and has the key features that are expected in the price point they will stay.

Some key points on this reasoning.1.

James- The exit strategy is key to buying investment homes.

Even if I didn't have good credit and even if I hadn't established myself with banks, I know that if I can find a deal, a REAL deal, I can find the financing.Financing is very important to this business, but the key to this business is finding the deal.Out of my first ten deals I had one loan that they actually checked my credit, and it was a refinance.