I have plans to use a property manager to help find investment properties and manage the properties (maintenance, rent collection, getting new tenants, etc...).Any thoughts/opinions/direction would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Bradhttp://www.housingwire.com/articles/36651-new-repo...

Unless you have a unique way of generating a higher return and can attract investor capital or are investing your own self-directed IRA and buying in cash (most current buyers/hence long horizon), it's going to be tough for you. 

Hi everyone,For a new wholesaler who just wants to dive in the game and start making some offers aside from Craigslist, where can A new wholesaler start making some legitimate offers on properties.I've launched direct mail campaigns, and door hangers around the same area that I'm farming but I want to start making some offersI've thought about knocking on pre foreclosure doors.

I don't mean to go against the grain of those who are selling that idea - all I can say is that it did not work for me.So.......... back to taking seminars, buying cassette tapes and books - I wanted to learn everything I could about investing in real estate ---- so--I had to get money, working capital, and I needed to go on the cheap - A friend told me about cheap properties you could buy in Baltimore - houses for only $2-3,000 and many of them could be found at public auctions.After borrowing some money and getting some credit cards and a new job - one in sales - I was ready - ready to invest in cheap- junk properties in the City.And wouldn't you know it - I got lucky at my first auction and purchased a cheap house that was boarded up - Because of all those expensive seminars I enrolled in I WAS READY - prepared with my pry-bar, flash light, level, marble and probe - I decided to go to this building that was being auctioned the next day - I sort of removed some plywood and crawled through a window to take a look -Boy was I surprised - this place looked great - I later found out that the estate boarded it to keep squatters out.The next day - I was ready with my deposit and waiting for the auctioneer to start his melodious hypnotic chant - 5 bidders appeared but did not bid because they could not get it - I was the only bidder and got the house real cheap.Today as an auctioneer, investor and developer of commercial properties - if someone would ask my opinion on how to get started I would suggest ---Continue to study but learn how to cut through the BSGet a credit line Learn 20 creative financing techniques - no money down systems (that is none of your own money)Hang with a few successful investors and pick - pick - pick their brain*** Look at 50 houses in the area you intend to invest (not expensive, blue collar, mixed rental and home owner neighborhoods)When you are finished looking at 50 properties - you will be armed with knowledge that most agents and other investors don't have - knowledge of values -Keep a journal, put listings in it, write down everything the agent or owner says, keep a record of the cost per square foot - this will help determine values -Have agents send you expired listings - go knock on the door or send a letter to ask if they are still accepting offers on the property - Remember an expired listed is a property that failed to sell - the seller should still be motivated to sell. 

Louis, MO that can get me a Sales and Purchase Agreement that is used by real estate agents or point me in the right direction to get one.

I think I will provide it to the listing agent.Chris Mason I like shifting the Karmic scales in my direction any time I can!

I have a guy that works way cheaper then he should and does them for about $1300 labor which I know is crazy so I am trying to get a grasp on reality when I start shopping rates again.For a small full bathroom we typically do a complete gut except we keep the tub and reglaze it -  Labor usually consists of ceramic tile shower surround/tile floor - new toilet,light,mirror,towel bar,faucet, shower head - trim and painI know this is region specific but just interested to hear others

What will higher interest rates do directly to your business?

Pacolet is a small mill town that only has 2 traffic lights.

Have you tried:- Running comps of similar properties in the area and calling those buyers directly- Posting Craigslist, Newspaper, BP, adds- Find some local meetups and market it to them- Reach out to local agents in the area and see if they have any buyers that may be interested- Reaching out to local wholesalers and shopping it to their buyers listJust a few quick ideas I would try.