Education provided (assuming you attend good clubs that are not just pitch fests for guru types looking to take your money and run)5.

That you've posted it publicly is even worse.

(Not legal in Illinois and six other states - impractical in 10 others.)Solutions are out there, but they are complex and require training and education to utilize.

It seems a little ironic what banks like and don't like, but I'm sure there are just things that I'm not educated on that makes me think that.Honestly, I have only called about 6 local banks and my credit union, but have heard the exact same thing from each one.

I'm a software engineer for a public company (I'd rather not say for privacy reasons).

Do I have to be a paid member of some website, go check county public records myself, or maybe pay a list service?

I am currently trying to get that first deal done and this forum has been providing a tremendous education for me.

I'm looking to get more aggressive on that angle as well.My goal is that by the time my oldest son graduates high school (he's a sophmore this year) - I will have enough passive income to make this a full time career.I would like to network with wholesalers, bird-dogs and other agents in the area.I'm not a member but I've attended several of the Houston area REI club meetings/mixers.I'm very open to any and all advice and/or educational opportunities to move me along.

Chris, I don't want to give out specific names on a public forum, but it was sold to a buyer by an LLC as special warranty deed at the top of the bubble in 2006, and then quit claimed into a trust by that buyer a year later.

Classified Ads in Newspapers – local paper, Pennysavers and local real estate publications (“For Sale by Owner”.)2.