The ball is in the seller's court now.

This makes me doubt all the criminal background screening that comes back as clean as well.I believe that the issue with Maine is that our court data isn't readily accessible online. 

If you are going to be in this game for any length if time you need to practice due diligence and research how things are done before you start buying stuff and finding yourself in bankruptcy court .

I was buying court house steps in fort Meyers  new or near new homes for 30 to 40k cash at the steps in 093. my well documented clients in PHX AZ losing 4 plexs they paid 350k for in 05 and having them go vacant and they let them go to foreclosure thereby ruining their credit and losing whatever cash they had in them.. 2010 they were selling for 100k or less and still vacant.so on and so forth.As long as credit does not freeze the values have been reset .. those that were lucky or smart enough or came of age to be investors and bought in the trough historic low price points historic low interest  many paid cash as financing was still tough.. so as long as they don't drink the cool aid and refi out and leverage up you have the makings of a very strong asset base.. plus all the foreigners who paid cash there were literally hundreds of thousands of homes paid for in cash by Off shore folks.. then add in the half a million or more that were bought by hedge funds.. 

I am dealing with four properties with them as I have financial power of attorney for my ill father, who owns them (so this is all quite new to me).

I'm looking to learn, network and grow financially and mentally and branch out to to other areas of real estate, and look forward to soak up everything I can.Cheers,Doug  

We just cleared our school loan debt and are working towards the ultimate goal of Financial Independence.

I have a financial adviser but he's a stocks/bonds/etc. person, and I don't want to increase my holdings in that area of finance any further, so I don't really know what kind of person to look for, for advice of this nature.

My main goal in real estate is to obtain consistent cash flow in order to have financial freedom through long term rental properties.

I live in Florida and I'm not sure if it would be possible that the courts would approve the transaction.