You sit there for about 8 hours a day, following rote learning techniques that allow you to replicate your productivity over and over, and following the instructions of the person in charge while being discouraged from challenging the basic principles of the system.Anyone who can achieve those goals makes an excellent employee in a typical retail or manufacturing workplace...but not a very good innovator...I've run organizations focused on "technology innovation" for a couple of the largest tech companies in the world, so I know the skills, approaches and personalities it takes to be successful at innovation.

When you read the report about the Miami investigation, it reads like a script for some Oliver Stone movie.http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?

That's not my game (I'm just not organized enough to do it - nor do I have patience for the people haha).I send a letter and I figure if you want to sell now (or later) that you'll either call me or at least put the letter aside.My honest opinion is that it all works, you just have to WORK IT!

You can buy a property for 100K, but it might require 140K to replace it, stone for stone.

It's all a matter of organization, setting time aside for certain functions and sticking to it..I never owned 1,200+ units at one time, but I was the Commissioner of a large Public Housing Authority so was very involved in the oversight of multi units, high rises, to duplexs.

In today's world where everyone wants to be a victim it is entirely possible that the previous homeowners or some activist driven organization could contest these type of foreclosures.I have not heard or read anything on the subject... but perhaps others have and can point out the source of that info.This entire topic further reinforces the need for buyers to have their own title insurance policy.

So now developers have to make commitments about what they build, like, how many buildings/units, how much brick or stone, and these committments are then recorded as a requirement.Even though all cities are different the rezoning process is probably the most consistant.

You have plenty of knowledge to begin.What you view as your potential risk (ending up stuck with a home you can't sell and forced to take HM) is not really accurate.If you are trying to organize same day back to back closings, you will not get "stuck" with the property.The transactional lender wants to guarantee his money so he will inform the Title Agent not to disburse funds from the A-B closing if the B-C closing does not take place the same day.So if the B-C falls apart at the last minute (happens often), the A-B is simply unraveled and you don't buy the property.Worst that happens is you lose your Earnest Money and maybe some closing service costs and a bit of your reputation with that Loss Mitigator.

I am creating a business plan of a property management and developement company catering to non-profit organizations.

My time is my most valuable commodity, so I'm not opposed to buying lists.You can kill two birds with one stone; click2mail now has absentee owners lists.