I guess the biggest question I would ask is "Why are you asking here, instead of getting solid legal advice for the attorney you want to partner with?"

I'm interested in connecting with agents or brokers in my area (Hollywood Hills/Studio City).  

The biggest challenge we've faced by far is educating contractors - first you need to find contractors willing to be educated, then you need to be prepared to pay more during the first couple of projects while they become proficient with their new knowledge.We have yet to produce a retrofit meeting all EnerPHit criteria, but we are getting a little closer each time.

Say I did the title search and found $1000 city fine.

Biggest thing is finding value add deal.in b or b+ area I am looking at West side from long time but could not find where I can do value add.

@Don Harris I'm also new to BP and CLT, and certainly looking to get into RE investing here in the Queen City.

These can take a coupleof weeks to get an exact pay off number from the city/county.

I just saw this article on Yahoo regarding where rents are rising the fastest and thought I'd share:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cities-where-rent-ri...I agree with the article that it isn't really a great measurement of what is really happening in an area because it is a small sampling, but might help answer some of the questions posted here along the lines of, "What city is best to invest in?" 

In MD you must wait 6 months before starting foreclosure and the foreclosure itself takes 6 months to 1 1/2 years.I started by going though the leftover lien list in Baltimore city.

I do a lot of work in the Salt Lake City/Davis County Area/ Summit Counties but have also done projects across the country.