I got an email about a property that's in pretty good shape, just needs some miscellaneous, cosmetic repairs and the seller (who is an investor) says that the house should retail at $145K after these small adjustments, but when I went online to the appraisal website, the house appraises at $119,560.

Depending on your locale, its pretty easy to check local newspaper classifieds, and online sources such as Craigslist which are excellent in many markets.

I would put posters at every store, or common intersection were people travel. craigslist. ect.

I have already enrolled in an online REI course through my local tech school and I think it is going to be very good.

Many counties have the information online but it takes a little digging.

According to the online accessor page for my condo the land value is 0.

i'm currently in the process of buying a 2 family home with 2 additional store fronts. this is my first venture into real estate investment so please excuse me. the property is listed on Zillow.com for $191000 the owner has agreed to $90000 in as is condition. the est. cost to rehab the property is $60000. i will be doing alot of the work myself so that price will be coming down closer to $35000. my question is if it is possible to setup the financing to get cash on hand for the repairs or does the money have to go into escrow. thank you for your time.

I'm looking forward to becoming a part of this online community and thanks for any responses!

Nothing really onerous, but more than just getting online in your Fidelity account and buying a listed stock.

They participate in online forums where they are both a member and a business person looking for business.