He was specializing at the time with flips in Pheonix and would joint venture as well - although I suspect he wouldnt be putting up a dime for his share.I found that these types of events arent really about how much knowledge you can gain but who you meet.

Read elsewhere here on what makes a good rental.Rehabs require special funding if the property isn't habitable.

I've done it before for quite some time and not prepared to go back to it at all.

A two or three year lease option would give me time to prepare to obtain financing from a lender.

The rates are good under specials but the payments are hard to sit on at over 3X what a 15yr mortgage would be.

If you’re not familiar with the marketing strategies you want to employ or you’re at all uncomfortable with your knowledge of specific real estate investing techniques, you should consider finding a good mentor that specializes in the type of investing in which you’re most interested.

The trick is to get as many people there at one time so that people feel like there is something special about the house and it fosters competition among them.

I asked them if anything special would have to happen for the home to be sold...he seemed to think once a price was agreed on the homeowner would have to file a "motion to sell."

Some are by special invitation only, such as: Mentoring...30 Days to Deal (usually for obvious reasons).

In this market I can't believe a bank would ever want to call a loan due if its not necessary, specially one that has no equity.