A fourth thing is the taxes on flipping and how much money you lose with profits versus regular investing.Many other risks but you might want to wholesale this as mentioned.

It all adds up...which might be ok for million/multi-million builds - but for the regular spec or flip, it can be costly percentage-wise. 

The best way to do this is to interact regularly in the forums!

Depending on your credit and if you have a regular job you can look at personal loans. 

It's great to be here...I'm sure that BP will prove to be an extremely helpful resource and that in time I'll become a regular contributor to the forum!

I originally posted a reply, and it was removed for self-promotion reasons.

I sent the letters with a regular business envelope and they were handwritten.  

If you're interested in wholesaling, you may want to connect with @Sharon Vornholt here who writes regularly for the BP blog on the subject.

Now here is my question, since this realtor hasn't done anything to promote the property and the person who told me about the property is the nephew of the owner, could we just wait until the end of the month when their contract with century 21 expires and then hire a lawyer to close and draw up the contract?

These strategies will be broken down to promote the brand and to market to specific target audiences to develop business for our key areas of focus for Real Estate Investing.Branding and Marketing Strategies Online Branding-Website1.Squeeze pages- lead capture sites-Social Media1.Facebook2.LinkedIn3.Google+-SEODirect Marketing-Clipper magazine ad-Small monthly circular mag/paper-We Buy Houses Signage on our building-Car magnetWOM Marketing-Pittsburgh REIA and ACREStrategies -Wholesaling-Rehab/Flip-Supportive Housing-Note Brokering/InvestingTarget Markets -Greater Pittsburgh area in 35mi. radius-Where are our buyers buying, wholesale or otherwiseCosts -What is budget?