The best mentors develop naturally through friendships.

Now the only one Ive placed consideration was the lawyer and her entity structure packet or something of that nature.

That in itself by nature has the herds buying up the little houses making investments tough.

You have to use your body (natural weapons) your hands and your feet to defend yourself and any surrounding objects that can sway things in your favor.Many people buy a gun and never practice with it and can't even shoot straight and freeze up when a real confrontation happens.

Other issues come into play, the length of time funds are used, the extent of improvements, the volume of business conducted by the borrower and the end use of funds may be considered to view the commercial nature of a loan.

Sorry about the unclear nature of my questions; I suppose that just means I don't quite understand the full process yet.

The last thing your husband wants to do after an exhausting week is go hound a tenant that is trashing a place or not paying rent on the weekend.There are many avenues in real estate that are more passive in nature.

The short term nature of the lease along with the nature of the target tenant screams lodger-proprietor relationship not landlord tenant relationship.

Mike, nothing against your savvy business knowledge but by the nature of the question it implied you're new to dealing in REOs, taht's my focus.New investors need to understand what agents/brokers do if they are going to use them in RE, this isn't like walking through car lots and even car salesman don't want to be used.Mike, bottom line, you'll get more attention, better representation and service from your own agent than trying to use a listing agent in any deal.

You should be able to avoid a double close depending on the nature of your deal and upon C-buyer purchase method (does it have to be cash - good, if your C buyer is financing, back to back may not work.