I know I have a lot to learn so any experienced investors input will be extremely valuable to me.

I'm learning very valuable info every day.

That said, I think I'd like to do a handful of deals as a bird dog to get my foot in the door, learn a lot in the process, and make some valuable contacts for down the road.You'll be seeing a lot of me here & I'm looking forward to getting to know you.Take care,Tom

This has been the only real estate investment community I have found that keeps the quality standards high, the spam low, and the content valuable!

Now at the beginning of both sides of the industry, and all areas in between, I am trying to learn valuable lessons to be a great agent that can work with investors and I want to develop into successful investor so that I can just focus on investing and creating wealth.

I made some mistakes doing it, everyone does, but now I know and I have learned something truly valuable that will stick with me because I have done it.Sorry for ranting but I know how you feel right now and I felt some fresh perspective drizzled with a little bit of rant might hit the spot :)

Some of us are professional and provide a valuable service to the investment community.

You can do a title search and open a full-blown investigation, research marriage records, deceased records, trace liens and lis pendens, but your valuable time is better directed through simple person to person inquiry.

Mine states:"NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of $________________ received as earnest money by Assignor and the balance of $________________ to be received by Assignor at closing of Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, the sum of _____________________________________ DOLLARS ($_______________), and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Assignor has assigned, transferred, sold and conveyed and by these presents does hereby assign, transfer, sell and convey unto Assignee all of Assignor's rights, title and interest in, to and under said Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate."

In addition to any other penalties imposed under R.S. 37:1455 and 1458, the commission may require that any person engaged in real estate activity without a license return any fees collected for engaging in real estate activity.7) "Real estate activity" means any activity relating to any portion of a real estate transaction performed for another by any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation, foreign or domestic, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration:(a) Sells, exchanges, purchases, manages, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate.