I have been told that a good way to do this is to get the tax records for houses bought within the past 6 months or so in the Charlotte area to see who is buying multiple properties.

YouTube and Google are your best friends when you get stuck.Painting and clean up are the easiest, followed by drywall and tiling (drywall requires a lot of patience due to having to use multiple coats of mud), and then comes plumbing and electrical.Get the right tools for the job - a good cordless drill and saw, trowels, paint brushes, etc. the extra few dollars will save you a lot in trips to the store and lost time.

@Karen MargraveThank you for responding, I have been to multiple REI Associations meetings, signed up for Meetup and talked with 14 different real estate agents, even went as far as meeting with them face to face.

We've done radio (for motivated sellers) on multiple stations in multiple markets and we've never broken even on it.

You won't see me boasting and trying to justify my opinions by saying I've been in RE deals for more than 40 years or saying it multiple times throughout the forum threads.

Good apartment brokers will know what's transacting as well as who the players are in the neighborhood and what the history is.

It is a good rendering of below market properties throughout the valley.I like it for my uses and hate to lose that, the monthly price is just over what I comfortably want to pay.My question is: how useful would something like this be to an investor who is purchasing multiple properties a month?

Eventually our goal may be to own multiple properties so i think the llc is the way to go in the long run.

I was just advised of a multiple offer situation and was asked for my highest and best offer from Freddie Mac.I've read several accounts of how Freddie Mac allegedly operates (including one statement that they don't ask for highest best) and they all seem to conflict.I am fairly certain that my bid will be the highest on this one, but there are certain things that Freddie is doing that is causing me hangups.

I have shopped multiple companies and think I may end up going with Alside excalibur line.