That said, by having someone dedicated to being the "face" person of your company and spending time connecting personally with agents (via Twitter, Facebook, etc), you can become part of the social stream and use of your product is a natural part of those connections especially because it is free.

If you are into buy and hold, right now is a great time to pick up more properties at discounts and the tenant pool is growing and becoming better quality.

There are good people out there that provide good quality leads out there but if you have heard bad things then I say walk away!

No---- SUB2 are not illegal... but I have to question the ethical qualities of the transaction.

This IS the 21st century, and a quality tenant is likely going to expect these items in a middle class type rental.

A good bank will be motivated to get their cash out of the reserve and back to productive use.Net Bank was shut down about 2 weeks ago.

Any measure of quantity needs to be contrasted with quality measures.

The build quality can be suspect.In some markets the existing tenants have to be paid cash or offered a deal before you can convert their units.There are many code differences when you want to convert 1 apartment building into multiple units.

QCDs are often used to perfect transfers involving questionable ownership, for example if the rights of ex-spouses, estranged children or sibling heirs are in question, title companies and their underwriters often ask for QCDs from these parties to perfect and guarantee the quality of a transfer.

While I haven't tried it myself (because of what I've heard about it) it sounds like they are notorious for recruiting you to sell their educational products to other people.