What about mosquitoes and spiders;).They can be a small problem occasionally, especially if there is a food source...dog food, chicken feed, they often hang out around wood piles.  

And I've a beautiful wife and beautiful children and a yard to mow and a dog to play catch with and things that *I* want to do with *my* life and my family.  

As a small business owner of a dog grooming company, it is my aim to find ways to diversify my profits into stable investment portfolios.

My first thought it that if you want to start out wholesaling or bird-dogging you should read every blog post and podcast on BP about wholesaling.

Also, the owners may not respond to a regular letter, but they might respond to a well crafted attorney style mail or Urgent Notice regarding "xxxxxxx san, antonio Tx)

I am in new territory and looking to partner up on a deal.  I have a house in West Bridgewater on 1.5 acres 3 bed 1 bath in good shape (Kitchen and bath allegedly was re-done 5 years ago).  Owner is the very definitio...

We have came to an agreement of me finding a deal and given a bird dog fee while I shadow everything he does to close the deal

I wrote an article about bird dogging search the blog articles for it there's some good info

Proactive is definitely the best... especially when you're risking collateral damage.From an investment perspective though... if you can extend the life of anything, you'll have huge savings... for example, I had carpets that were trashed, but I found tenants with dogs that didn't care because I waved the pet deposit... and I got another year of life out of the carpets.  

Or, see if you could help at a local real estate agency or do some bird dogging for an active wholesaler in your area.