First state with a bottle bill, first major metro area with an urban growth boundary (Portland), focus on green issues, right to die stand, exemption from the federal Medicare program so that they can factor in quality of life when deciding what is to be covered.OR tends to be split politically.

It is important to discuss the issue with your accountant, who should be familiar with real estate, to prepare for and determine the outcome.

Got tired of playing landlord, and realized the big money takes too long to get, so I started up a new style of investing.My background is really in programming, more specifically web based application programming with databases.

Personally, I have his ebook and found it rather "skimming the surface" or wholesaling compared to other programs I've purchased.

one word - TENANTS.i'd relate being a landlord to a poker player -the pros or good players play like they've already lost - so they've got nothing to lose in their mind. as a landlord, if you're going to start renting real estate - rent it as if it will be totally wrecked.ASSUME THE WORST AND PREPARE FOR IT.don't buy and assume the best.hope for it.

Expect that they might be too slow so be prepared to entertain late contact if the offer expires.John Corey

thanks so much jon--i will have attorney prepare that for amount of loan

There will most likely be very few investors willing to do stated and no-doc loans, and if they do they will probably only be 80% LTV.So, again in short, be prepared to come to the table with some money down, just like it was 10 years ago.

The program we use is designed to help birddogs do their first deal.

Also, are there any documents that I need to prepare other than the 2 contracts between myself, the seller and investor?