I'm hoping I can network with all sorts in the business and please all and any advice is welcome!

as long as you are not putting a machine into the stream bed and disturbing it directly its not a big deal unless there is some sort of fine print that the others are talking about that you need to get a wetlands agency envolved.

The tax deed sale sorted out the whole process.

But just up the road is Grant Park, which is sort of like an island.

Who knows why it sold so fast...maybe it was all of the previous marketing... but I can tell you that this particular team has some sort of magic and a great network that follows them.

Make sure to have a job, business, rental properties or some sort of cash coming in.

They wanted to reshell the inside and out to re-image for a new look.

Find a cheap, dumpy house that the owner will sell with some sort of owner financing, get a job at Walmart and you're on your way.

The property is rehabbed and looks good, why not have your agent or another agent specializing in rental management take over and do all the work leaving you without the time commitment, just the positive cash flow.I sort of see your agents logic, the foreclosures have torn apart certain areas and have decreased the values of ALL properties there.

Any of them could be all over the place.I'll also say that I think when people say "I'm looking for private money" what they really mean is "I want hard money sort of terms (easy no get, loose credit qualifications, loan on a junker property) but I want lower interest rates, points and fees than I will get from a HML".