Time to build the foundation below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

I passed the MD RE test recently as well and interviewed with several brokers. 

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

Fill in the foundation below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

Try going to www.aia.org to both find an architect in your area and to review documents which include what questions to ask them when you interview them. 

You should interview brokers and be upfront about what you want to do.

I kind of felt like "I" was on an interview and had no idea what they were thinking.

By the way I have really been enjoying the interviews that you have done with different investors.

I can find pretty much anything I want about an owner of a property on there as well as sale dates, LLC info, etc.Here is an interview that ValueHound has on their site about ProspectNow.http://www.valuehoundacademy.com/public/EXCLUSIVE_INTERVIEW_Finding_Great_Off_Market_Deals_Using_ProspectNow.cfm

Once I've got an attorney set up for this I'm ready to clean the condo and put an ad in the paper and in craig's list and start interviewing my buyer/borrower prospects.