I've been in the Title Insurance Industry for quite some time now as an Assistant Production Manager/Senior Title Examiner for a well-known Title Company.

You can also use a cement base product like Thoroseal.

I'm not looking for anything fancy, but I obviously want to avoid crap product.

@Frank M. it depends on what type of loan it is, and I'd ask about the seasoning before rehabbing since I always want to know my timelines proactively not reactively.If you're looking at conventional Fannie/Freddie loans then they have a 0 day seasoning "delayed finance" product available to get up to the purchase price out on a cash purchase.Other FF loans require 6 months seasoning, and individual lenders may have their own overlays that require more.Portfolio loans the bank has their own requirements that they get to decide and it can be immediately if they choose to.

I remember when I first started in real estate my broker told me to focus on a specific product type to get experience and, as you eluded to, the more experience you get the more you can branch-out.

If they are home, i want them to say good things... all of which should be true because I try my best to provide a good product and honest business.

Here are some great books that I highly recommend that I've read in the past year in no particular order: 1- The Magic of Thinking Big (the size of your belief = the size of your success) 2- The 4 Hour Week - Tim Ferriss (productivity and leveraging technology and 80/20 rule) 3- Eat that frog - Brian Tracy (productivity, focusing on 80/20 rule) 4- Lean Startup Method (bootstrapping and adaptive learning) 5- How to Win Friends and Influence People (classic on working with people) Enjoy.

You will know when it is time to "go big" and then you will be in a position to better create things to protect/enhance your growing business.

But I got a couple of interesting questions for anyone who's reading this:What reading material can I pick up to learn the lingo.Is your investing method a product of the area you're living in or the method you've tried and just turned into your bread and butter?

However, I agree that the tone, at times, was somewhat anti-capitalist / anti-affordable housing investor.The need for our product, affordable housing, has never been greater.