plenty of good spreadsheets on the forums, under the file center, run your numbers.I would include all repairs, mortgage, cap exp, PM, and if you get $100 a door.

We discussed staging the condo and during the past 3 weeks we've had a few emails from him with some quotes on stagers, but otherwise no activity. 

I also believe that long-term success relies on an approach not centered around greed.  

The foreclosure system is not a profit center for a lender, the concept is for a lender to be indemnified or made whole. 

@Robert Del ToroMy first thought is not to use that image on your prospectus.On a more serious note, to find private investors you'll either have to have one in your circle of friends/family/acquaintances, or you'll have to talk to other real estate investors (by actually being helpful, interested, and their friend) and then see if you can find the people who help them finance their deals.I'm not even connected, and I can tell you, it's super irritating to meet someone and have them asking me if a know/have a private investor like, 5 minutes later.Build the relationships, put in the hustle, the money will come once you set the stage.

I was wondering if I am in the preliminary stages of accepting an offer and having the seller write up a contract, do I need to have a title company chosen soon?

I am looking for fellow investors in my area who have gotten past the early stage of investing and would be willing to give a new investor some tips for this area of the market.

A few of my thoughts from my years of experience as a landlord and from my former work as the Accessibility Services Manager at a large medical center and advisory board member of an agency serving people with disabilities.

I am a newbee, my husband has been rehabbing properties at every stage for more then fifteen years.

Getting Cash Buyers and owner financing Buyers is not that hard.Without private lender money and joint venture money you really can't do real estateGoogle "TRUST.ETC private lender concept"Buy the book by Patrick Rice on Amazon called "iRA Wealth"Center of influence marketing works well, I hand that book  to CPAs and financial plannersYou can use that book to create a PowerPoint presentationBe careful of SEC rules on marketing a securityOne my favorite sayings is, "don't diversify your investments and Wall Street, diversify by having some money in Wall Street and some money in Main Street, do you want something crazy issue in China or the price of oil to drop your mutual funds by 20%?