Took some classes and have 1,000 hours give or take towards becoming a Certified Appraiser.

It's pretty much just a show of good faith.When an offer does get accepted, the realtor will generally ask you to provide certified funds for the earnest money, and will give you back your uncashed check.

Taxes, natural gas, electricity, or water?

This way we're both able to communicate in a way that's more natural for us.

I manage 2 companies already, so the paperwork, etc. comes pretty naturally to me, so I wouldn't necessarily need someone for that, -- and I have a great "maintenance" team in place, so the mgmt. really is only collecting the rent, OR relaying a maintenance or repair need.

Jeff and Norm,The wholesale nature of the deal means there is some profit for you and more profit for the end purchaser.

It is not political in nature, more an athletic thread.

Which is why you may not be able to get title insurance on a property sold by a quit claim deed.Most other "deeds", such as a Clerk and Master Deed, are of this same nature in that they do guarantee they that they had full rights to sell property but will not guarantee anything else has been filed against said property therefore you may be buying subject to other liens or redemption periods.

This is where so many investors give up...hire a skip tracer (findtheseller.com) and send them a certified letter.

I am also a certified Home Stager and I hlep some of my clients sell their homes with simple but very effective techniques on Home Staging.