In order to find the homeowners, I have mainly used the method of "direct mail"... and well, lets just say its definitely a small -to-medium success ratio.

So far one person has replied to our ad on Craig's list which excited us mainly because we just put it on 2 days ago.

I used to dabble with the Forex, now it is mainly trying to find websites to buy and or build.

This was before AL GORE invented the internet as we know it today.I mainly found records by going to Census Data and to cemetery records of my known relatives.

On the architectural side of things I am most comfortable with residential, both new construction and rehabs.I would love nothing more than to start something on my own, but money is the main issue right now.

But my main bread and butter was in the buy/hold.So if it cashflows it is good!

It would most likely not be my only type of real estate investment, but nonetheless, and important component.

Its a fairly complex setup with both a contribution and a profit sharing component.

It seems that their main focus is always on the "Worst Case Scenario" and in my experience, all this does is cost them money.

Bringing a water main 100 yards can be pretty expensive.