The biggest thing that happened here was an overbuilding of houses (especially in the upper price ranges).

Tell them what sources you expect your revenue to come from & if you plan to have any real estate holdings, etc.A good CPA should be the one to tell you which type of entity to set up because there are several big tax differences when it comes to LLC's, C-Corps, etc.

As you already know this is a really good source for REI insight and guidance.

buy the biggest dump in best area, make it one of the other nice houses in the area.

If anyone is from Arizona, I would enjoy communicating with you regarding deals, sources, and general sharing of help.Thanks, I look forward to meeting you all.Jillian

At the end of the conversation have a simple statement that if you provide a source to solve his current situation he will pay you 1%-2% of the value of the home or a set price. this is only to make your time pay for itself. you may have gottem an solid prospect on your first try but you need 10 or more prospects to get to sit in front of one.

Gathering a lot of information from a variety of sources to get different perspectives can help give you a much broader foundation to start your new career.

My saying is this "if I learned one thing today then it was a productive day" and it may come from any source.

However, I'd love to get into REI as a nice source of supplemental income.

My biggest question is regarding how I should go about making my initial offer to the bank.