Then the rest of the information you gather when the note seller calls.The benefit I find to direct mail is you can regulate your calls to your schedule and most of all, you get you good at talking about the business.The downside, very expensive (close to it $.75 to a dollar a letter) and it is very hard to find a dependable persona to stamp, signed, stuff, and mail your direct mail.Cold calls, on local notes sources such as realtors, banks, divorce attorneys, developers, real estate clubs, investor clubs (and the list goes on and on) is another approach.The best place to start is personal calls to Real estate offices and offer to be a quest speaker at their next sales meetings.

Hi Shema,The appraisal industry is highly regulated.

Now the muncipality had a rule/regulation that the sewer and trash bills had to go to the record owner, which was the state.

These guys even helped me with title issues where I couldn't find answers in libraries, online, or even talking to regulators or the investigators in charge of complaints.

Because of the current tough regulations on foreclosing, it is possible that your wife may be able to stop the foreclosure as she did not sign the mortgage.

Most tenants should not consider lease options:(1) Unlike equity options, lease options are not highly regulated as there is no central exchange for them.

Also local regulations, etc.

Tiger, Nevada also passed some laws regulating appraiser independence not too long ago.

We allow single member LLCs and real estate directly deeded to the IRA.I have no vested interest in either strategy our clients choose to use.Even with a single member LLC you need a custodian to hold the LLC as the asset your IRA owns.Just because you choose to use a single member LLC to hold your real estate assets instead of having the IRA hold it directly, it doesn't mean that you don't have to follow all of the IRS regulations as they relate to prohibited transactions and such.You would best be served by speaking with an accountant familiar with SDIRAs about any taxes and returns that might be due.To set up an LLC for this purpose, I have seen that clients typically spend less funds to set it up and are much better prepared and advised by using an attorney familair with ERISA and who has a practice specializing in this.

Like all insurance, title insurance rates are regulated by each state - so the basic rate for the insurance (buyers and lenders) is set.