If you think that's your niche, hire a researcher and go down to county courthouse to pull files.Having closed about as many probate deals as anyone else on the planet (nearly 2,000 to date) I can tell you that I'd rather have a few great leads than a big list of crappy names.There's still time to come hear me talk at the SF Bay Summit in Oakland this weekend.

There aren't too many other resources on the planet that will give you level of insight the BPers can, and will!

I am not an accountant but I am doing the exact same thing as a Canadian investor and my cross-border accountant has told me that LLC's are toxic for Canadians from a tax perspective.

I found what he said to be very interesting but the prospect of owning rental property seemed as foreign to me as living on another planet.

This is possibly the best source of US REI advice on the planet, no question.So...

So how do I get into that and then it hits me, If I get any job that pays me at least $10 an hour in addition with my current job I should, if the planets aline the card play out and the fates agree, be able to pay my loans off in five years and still have a little left over maybe enough for a $10,000 house or two. not much I know but if I get a job at say a hardware job to boot well not only will I have that money but I will get a discount to buy the tools I need to flip houses and relearn some of those skills that I need to do it.

Might as well be on different planets since our respective real estate markets are vastly different. 

the cause of the issue needs to be addressed as well as a complete repair of the results of the leak. if it has been 3 weeks, mold most likely is not going to be an issue. most black mold will start to grow within 48 hours and certainly by 3 weeks would be very evident. there are 18 different species of black mold and only 2 of them are toxic. the chances of getting the toxic kind are slim, yes, but still possible. a reputable company such as servepro  certainly could leave you with no worries in the end

Are the banks holding these REO's deliberately keeping supply artificially low in the hopes that their toxic holdings end up booking some profit?

And remember the US has some of the lowest energy cost on the planet so they folks in Europe and Asia who pay much more for their heating/cooling energy use them because of their energy efficiency.