I am very intrested to join in this forum from long, I found many new topics were discussed in this forum that made me to visit frequently and participate.

I hear this strategy brought up fairly frequently.

In this market bidding wars occur frequently and by not using all available resources to your advantage  you are quite possibly leaving cash on the table. 

I figure the real issue is not so much knowing if they're working, since you'd realize that from not being able to connect to them or see the video feed, but if they did glitch frequently they could become a nuisance.

Our strategy is to target the standard 3/2 with a two car garage in neighborhoods frequented by military families. 

And, ya, as a landlord this means you go-to lender might be willing to help you avoid the $25 credit pull fee you charge potential tenants if you wish (it'll be an auth form they sign instead of a $25 check they write).Something that's also a nice bonus with this: If you meet a lender that "can't" give you a quote or any information based on reading a credit report without actually pulling it, that means you've found a dummy that doesn't know how to function without his software, and thus can eliminate him from your pool of potential lenders right off the bat because she or he ALSO isn't going to be able to handle your "I own 5 investment properties, 3 are in an LLC" scenario (mortgage software mostly kind of sucks at these deals, and frequently needs to have the human override bat swung at it... which means you need to be able to do it with a pen/paper/calculator or you shouldn't be doing it at all).

It requires frequent replacing, results in a lot of landfill waste, and worst of all, sends production and money overseas.  

Until then become a frequent flyer in the note investing groups on Facebook.

One book in particular speaks to tax advice and I realize there are frequent changes, so it just got me thinking...is there a shelf life to these books?

Sam ... that's why we work with a realtor ... not only does he only bring us properties that meet our criteria, but we frequently get the info before the listing gets published (to the public) on MLS.