Several of the owners and I have discussed the idea of setting up a HOA to improve neighborhood conditions, and improve desirability, etc.

But, I'll practice it...Again, I will take your advice seriously on board.

At bare minimum, calling them will give you some practice at the drill of qualifying a "good lead".

I'm retired Air Force (20 years) and currently employed at the University of Central Florida as a Sr Business Analyst.I've been studying investing off and on for almost 10 years now and I'm ready to put what I've learned into practice.

I'm moderately introverted and wholesaling seems like too social of a practice for me to get into so I'm considering another plan.

Can the Subject property be updated/improved and will those repairs help capture more dollars in the value range of the neighborhood?

The spotcrime website seems to be a good one too.I wonder if there are any good places to identify trends over time:- quality of schools - improving or declining?

I was forwarded this article today: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130701213914-33236097-finally-the-best-times-to-cold-call-revealed I thought that it might be of interest here. The first part of the ar...

If these were "hard laws", most home improvement stores wouldn't exist.

Finally, the buyer has agreed to purchase this property "as is" with no provisions for the seller to further improve the property.