People die, become incapacitated, or incarcerated, again, courts may hold up payments, while in default a lender may not proceed.Collateral is destroyed by insured perils but it's not sufficient to pay a second off.Other liens can take priority, child support, tax liens, student loans or government debts, so check the priority of liens, but what also might be the likelihood liens might be created that can still go the head of the line.Fraud in the origination process, by the lender, it may not be discovered until later on, arising from some other matter.I have  no idea what Dave does on a recourse basis.

Use the time you are saving to educate yourself and study deals.

Through these studies, I am growing an interest in hard money lending as well.I don't know what my "target capitol" as you called it is.

I recently discovered Bigger Pockets and I’m really loving the platform and all of the cool information that can be found here!

I'll be studying over the next few days. 

-there are a few studies that have shown that green homes have sold for more than their non-green counterparts:http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/study-finds-that-energy-efficient-homes-often-command-higher-prices/2012/07/19/gJQAF4MiwW_story.html  I for one would like to see more studies done to validate these findings.  

I discovered this site a couple months ago when trying to find some local REIA's in Indy.

You might enjoy it: How to Buy a Small MultiFamily Property: A Step by Step Case Study Oh- last thing: Have you setup your "Keyword Alerts" yet?

My first tenant since the remodel moved in over the weekend and we discovered it.

But if someone did not want their ownership interest discovered, and went to 'reasonable' means to conceal that ownership interest, I think it is difficult to (using legal methods) find the owner.Using conventional means, the secretary of state filings are the obvious first choice for where to find owners.