the RedX.com (ask for a referral link)and also just get on craigslist, fsbo.com, forsalebyowner.com, and spend 45 minutes firing off emails.one of those FSBO sites has phone numbers.

It is the best $350 you'll spend IMO.

I was looking for others to comment on the fact that it is or is not (in their opinion), worthwhile to spend $ on professional services when getting started inorder to prevent costly mistakes, be them legal, financial, or other.

Spend hours on this site reading.

BUT, you gave me hope......so now I'm going to spend the next few days researching a bunch of "maybe's" and I'll throw those low offers in and just see what happens.

Well it didn't even take 30 days for the Federal Reserve to change it's mind on how it was going to spend the 700 Billion dollar bailout.

Unemployment is broke, and Calpers (once a $250 billion retirement pension fund for state / county employees) is also just about broke...

Wait until all this "bailout" spending really starts to snowball.

This over the weekend!

Personally I had no doubt this would take place.

My question is what do you think about it?

How will it affect the market?

Is that the best thing for US?

Do you feel that Citigroup is get...

., after you verify the rents and the major operating expenses like taxes and insurance, and apply your own experience about the typical costs to maintain and the amount you need to allow for potential vacancy), you decided that these properties are being offered at something closer to a 5% cap rate.Before you spend any more time or effort considering these properties, you know that, at their asking prices, they are not worthy competitors for your investment dollar.