@Eric Black , not to get off your topic of this thread : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where in Milwaukee county is your investments?

Hey BPers, I'm piggy-backing off of a thread I started in the Real Estate Marketing Forum: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/113063-pre-foreclosure-foreclosure-leads-in-a-judicial-foreclosure-stateA quick summary for those not interested in reading that thread, foreclosure processes in judicial states are handled within the court system and as a result there are no public notices required like in non-judicial foreclosure states.

Anyone notice a cutoff price point or data on this topic?

Being a licensee is cheap.http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3840/blog_posts/33767-the-difference-between-a-realtor-and-a-real-estate-licenseeHere is an article I wrote about that.

I ask because that is a topic that as a beginner I understand will be the key to my real estate business which is getting leads from motivated sellers.

Slightly off topic but still in the same boat.The other day I seen a post from somebody who got a judgement on a tenant and was considering selling that to a collection agency.

Hey guys,I did some digging on the topic and I'm sure it is somewhere in the archives, but I can't seem to find anything about "quiet costs" (taxes, insurance, cost of money etc) when determining max offer.From what I understand the standard formula is: ARV x .7 - repair costs - assignment fee = MAO I don't see anything about quiet costs in that formula.

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There was a recent article (2-3 weeks ago) in the WallStreet Journal about real estate agents.

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