We needed to buy houses that didn't require much if any work, and our agent put us in touch with a lender, inspector, property management firm.

For my auction.com purchase they used some half-baked closing firm out of Pittsburgh with real crummy customer service.

The seller was at the showing and the agent warned me ahead that he was $90,000 FIRM it is what he needed (he bought it at an estate sale), and was flipping.

Our company hosts a number of free classes and networking meetings for investors if you are interested in joining us check out the events on our site.

The quarterly meet-up that Shaun Reilly mentioned is hosted by Justin Silverio, who is active on this site.

Our firm hopes to make a small dent in this problem by acquiring mobile home parks that have meaningful vacancy and infilling new homes for families that desperately need respectable, clean shelter at a price point they can afford.

If you have IRAs, or have been laid off by some firm and have an old 401K floating around, you can become your own SBA.The SBA seems to dislike start-ups, and concentrates solely on expansion.

Beating them over the head with the lease won't work so you need to be firm but flexible.

Yes, it takes about 1,500 to 2k to get started to set everything up.But seriously, how cheap is that compared to starting a tech firm, or any other business for that matter?

Many of the larger firms that routinely handle foreclosures have dedicated portions of their website with the monthly listings and will post a starting bid a few days before the sale.