The conference had representatives from all over the Midwest set up each in a booth and Southern CA investors went from booth to booth talking with the different reps about their areas.With that kind of proactive event going on, I would say that investing in CA for appreciation would not be the best bet right now.

Maybe you can just find some web sites that let you list land online, or just put them on ebay and see what happens .. you can also create signs around town that say "land for sale" .. with a number and directions, maybe an address ... post in forums, and local bulletin boards around town ..

If you are going to need financing, you are probably going to have to get your wife involved with the loan docs.I would say that your best bet would be to study as much as you can on creative financing techniques (lease/option, land contracts, subject-to) in order to eliminate the need for your wife's cooperation.Tell us what her perspective is please.

I work in commissioned sales as well as market online.

I have found that many counties and cities have their assessing information online, so it may be just as simple to google the city, and find the info.

I'm pretty new to the whole blogging/forum world, but i'm liking the online communities i'm finding :) Is it just me or is it kind of addicting?

I do FREE online seminars for beggining investors so if your interested in an invite to attend a seminar get in touch with me thru my profile email.

i have a few questions about wholesaling, i can't seem to find much information online that really helps me, at least for free...from my understanding, when you wholesale a property, you are finding a property (usually a fixxer upper) that is well below market price, that probably needs some repairs. after adding estimated repair cost to the purchase price you are left with a large amounty of equity, making it a good buy.now here's the part i don't quite understand... i am supposed to get this property under contract myself, then assign it to an investor looking to fix it up... so what happens if i can't find a buyer???

If investor A (the other guy) is MAXIMIZING his profits, you can bet that investor B (that would be YOU), is NOT.After you've read and understand all of the above you'll have the answer to your question.Oh yeah, don't go into deals more than 30 minutes from your home.all cash

this info is available on their free online version.right now there is one that is going to forclose on the 17th of next month.i don't know if the people are plannig on coming up with miracle money, but i do know they haven't yet listed it with a realtor.I am a realtor, but not a vulture so i haven't approached them. and as for investing in it myself, i am all tapped out on my current project which was a trustee sale, cleaner upper that will have instant equity of about $200,000.yippee!