Be a wholesaler who has specialized knowledge in the benefits of one type of investment property and has an inventory or source for this kind of proprty and can move it quickly.

I'm looking at a property that seems like a good deal for owner-occupant plus a renter - it has a nice 3 bedroom house on the street, and another 2 bedroom kind of odd looking house on the back half of the property.

Thank you Kevin and Ram for your kind words.

I was wondering ( I have not done a short sale but am in the education stage) if a REI could get with the seller who is in foreclosure, help them to work out a forebearance or repayment plan or loan modification, with the idea that the REI would then take over the loan Sub-to, pay the seller some kind of fee, get them moved out, and then you have yourself a house to either hold or later refi, wholesale or sell on a rent to own.

It takes alot of intuition psychology and verry hard work to sucseed in this business you have to love chalenges its kind of like paying off a 30 year mtg but the more you learn the easyer it becomes theres alot to know from begining to end most important is working for someone that you can trust if its your own business then you should do fine but you cant do it all by your self originate process underwrite track the loans etc etc etc.......

I'm getting an idea of what the local climate is like and I'm also meeting all kinds of people there.

So I suppose my question is: Have you invested in the UK and what kind of investment, i.e. established property, new development, pre-development?

I'm certainly seeing that kind of fanatical building targeted toward students here in my college town.

You could also form some kind of joint venture.

Such as his insurance number and others that he has done business with.This way he holds all the money in his escrow account and can not release it unless it has been authorized by you.These are the kinds of situations that make people sour and untrustworthy of the legitimate investors.I am truly sorry to hear what has happened to many of you, but chalk it up to the cost of doing business.Douglas