If you want to do more research on Dodd-Frank, S.A.F.E. act, Truth in Lending, RESPA, and the like you should visit the CFPB website: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/guidance/

As much as I am not a huge fan of attorneys (and I use them a lot), I think this would be the perfect time to visit yours.

Hello BP,

The opportunity presented itself and I decided to make the drive to Phoenix to prospect investment properties. Given that it was a last minute trip I have not set up a meting with an agent. I'm going to be ...

Using our investor client base as an example, about 90% of them do NOT travel to the city to visit some of our properties.

It would be ideal to visit each property, and I definitely agree with Jon about visiting the area.

People love to visit farm breweries.Just thought I'd pass this on.

If you decide to make all the paperwork a good start might be to visit the web of the Secretary of State in California ( http://www.sos.ca.gov/).

For all the reasons why individuals are anti-turnkey (over inflated #'s, bad rehab, the way the area is sold vs. the reality of the area, lack of market knowledge, overpaying) can all be avoided through due diligence, studying and visiting the market and aligning yourself with an excellent team. 

@Iman Yu, we have visited some houses referred to us by wholesalers, but we haven't found anything yet that worked for us.  

Terms:   You have to have lunch with me, answer all my Milwaukee rental specific questions when I visit in October, and pose for cute picture together for BP.