I write more about here if you're interested: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/05/13/buy-and-hold-ideal-investment/

Good Morning BP Nation,Any North Carolina investors (Mecklenburg County ideally) have any good foreclosure lawyers in their Rolodex?

You can have people ballpark the cost for you on this website, but the ideal thing to do would be to identify the fixtures you are going to use and get hard pricing on them. 

If i could run into them that would be ideal because i can build a relationship.Thanks for all the help

As an example: John Doe, realtor, home address, age 46, date of birth, married, likes watching football on tv, golf enthusiast, 3 investment properties, do it yourselfer, 60% loan to value, $650K home value, length of residence 21 years,  NOW...if you are selling a do it yourself putting green....he might be ideal lead.There are many list providers out there for realtor email lists...but if you know what makes someone tick...that is where real value is.

@Julian Buick  FCI is just posting individuals notes they don't own them. they will service them.. you can make bids on them ( IE low ball them )its extremely simple on the west coast to find notes... remember our title plants are state of the art ,,, not like a lot of states in the mid west and east coast.. another words you can search the data bases that are duplicates of the court house with key strokes.. ( ie west coast title plants)  all I would have to do is call my title co customer service agent here in Oregon and tell them I want a copy of all recorded DT's that are not institutional..

With this being my first property rehab, ideally I'd like to swing the BRRRR method.I personally think 3 garages is overkill and not sure it would get me any more cash flow as a rental, whereas converting that 1 car side of the garage (it's closest and connected to the rest of the house) into another bedroom puts me in a new ballpark with it being a 3bd/2ba unit. 

Ideally this will help us prepare for when we find the deal, so that we can go right to the HML and close the deal quickly without any newbie overlooks.I'm looking for a good HML recommendation that is willing to work with a solid first time home rehabber with experienced mentors backing us every step of the way.

Also, if you held, what would your ideal holding period be tax considerations aside?

My ideal scenario would be to own a small investment company with a partner that holds a few mid-sized rental properties for baseline income, and supplements this with a few high-profit flips every year to help grow the rental portfolio and pay for lifestyle upgrades, vacations, etc.My formal education is an Electrical Design engineer, and for the past 10 years I've worked for large companies designing complex electronic (computer) circuits for things like Medical Devices, LED lighting, etc.