What advice would you give to someone who lives in Silicon Valley in the Bay Area when it comes to performing market research and selecting zip codes to search for deals?

I respectfully disagree with the last post regarding umbrella limit selection.

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I think the City of Milwaukee's DNS code compliance website lastly updated 03/25/15:http://city.milwaukee.gov/CodeCompliance#.VghV4ytcKupshould be updated based upon the state's new Time-of-Sale (TOS) inspection requirements recently passed effective 07/14/15: https://www.wra.org/TimeofSaleQA/

I believe we could make a part of our contract with him, though, that seller agrees not to attach any debts or access the equity, though, for the term of our lease and any extension - in effect, that it accrues to the future property buyer's benefit. 

You will not be effective trying to pitch a sale at the front door so I'd do whatever it take to get invited inside and try to sit at kitchen table.

Instead, the most effective one was asking this particular whiner why she's so enamored with a property she has no intention of renting?

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But that selection pales in comparison to the nearly 25,000foreclosures up for sale at auction in ten states, California, Florida, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Arizona and Washington.It’s like Ebay for real estate investors… but it’s all real estate, all the time.

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