One can be an excellent agent without the certifications, or a poor agent with a business card full of acronyms.Aside from the normal qualities desired in any professional -- good communication, reliability, diligence, initiative, responsiveness -- a good investors' agent needs to have a level of expertise that's hard to get in a classroom.

The woman and her husband initially signed the lease and submitted to Section 8.

I've thought about real estate investing on and off for the past few years but just haven't made that 1st initial step yet.

Look up the recording in Book 833 and get the legal description of the secured property from that you can get an address through the Assessors office.Or, you could call the Trustee and ask.You might be able to do a name search for the owner as well and gey the address.The filing will show the initial lender as the note could have been sold.

When you buy under an option, funds would be applied first to the note to pay for the right to buy and the remaining amounts toward the purchase price remaining as the option price is usually credited to the initial price agreed.

His income on the application is $4500 per month but the lady at human resource is not willing to verify his wages.

Bad on my part for not checking further to verify.

Also, I am not looking to spend a lot of time managing this beyond the initial research, due-diligence required, etc for initial investment(s) and further acquisitions down the road as the climate dictates (ie, real estate investing won’t be my full-time job).

My initial thought is to market it as a 500k property, you may lose most/all of the 440k leads anyway as they can't afford or don't want a half million dollar property.How much interest do you need "while the remodelling is taking place"?

So far, they required full application showing employment and net worth, have checked our credit, requested months of bank statements and documentation verifying deposits, including direct deposits that clearly state what it is for (payroll dept, property management, etc.), even though the program says just verify cash available for prepaids.