Basically you send one of the big three a utility bill and copy of your driver's license.

Anyone know of a great marketing site for contractors and/or a place to find discounted equipment and materials?

We have been putting these properties in an exel spreadhseet and then hitting Zillow and the county records to fill in some of the missing information such as delinquent taxes, public utilities owing etc.I have also thought about hitting the REO listing agents to do a lot of the ground work for us.

I would buy as many SFH's or Multi Units as possible with the 200K put tenants in them, head to your local bank which does portfolio loans and get LOC on them and repeat the process one more time.This way you can utilize the power of leverage and get some decent portfolio of rental properties.

If you don't know the cost for replacement, then check out Home Depot or Lowes to get prices of materials.

In CO you can get the textbook, learn the material (via self education or via a class) and then decide if you want a RE broker's license.

I am in a 3 month program to kick start my business with a very successful local investor and he has provided us with a lot of his materials he used while wholesaling and I know him personally and it worked for him so I am NOT trying to re-invent the wheel but I know my competition in they area and they are respected, honest and have been in this business longer - although they tend to rehab their projects but one of my targets is the motivated homeowner and its theirs too!

I asked him if he'd read any materials, etc..

Here is the exact quote about the data://Begin quoteThat percentage applies all over the U.S. for all types of residential property including those where the owner pays all utilities and those where the tenant pays all utilities.

I'm taking a "Flip It" class now, more for the people contacts than the material since I don't flip.