This one will take seven weeks from offer to close, assuming it actually closes this week.

My excuse "was" I am waiting for the right property that I will feel comfortable enough with to take that first giant step.

... when it's a hundred freaking degrees outside and you're spending seven days a week on your latest rehab after you SWORE you'd start hiring out this donkey labor, but noooooo...

Since buying and holding real estate is the same all over the planet I thought of starting to look for a mentor.I generally understand most of the concepts and steps of the process, but having a mentor to follow along would be just perfect.

Months will go by and eventually the bank will step in to offer the property on the MLS as a shot-sale, the bank is selling the property (sometimes with the owners help) as a loss and is not receiving all the money the originally lended.

The steps in foreclosure and what you must do follow a certain order.(...)Process may be slow.

I have been an active real estate broker specializing in commercial properties for 10 years.I have invested in a few smaller properties, but want to step it up and get involved with larger properties.

Does anyone know where i can find a break down of the P&S step by step explantion.

But in a short reply from the New Jersey, they indicated that my definition of birddogging was stepping on the activities of a real-estate broker which requires a license.My definition of birddogging was both/either1) Merely finding information and presenting a possible deal to an investor with a finder's fee contingent on the closing of the deal2) Or finding a property and representing the seller in a short sale and then finding an investor to buy and taking a fee upon close of the sale-- not sure if that is what other birddogs are doing, but from what I read, these two options seem to be the majority of the activities --I am currently requesting a copy of the State of New Jersey's real estate commission's guidelines and regulations on paper so i can read through it a bit more.

In general, a borrower may not have an interest in more than seven rental units (FHA, VA, conventional or owned free and clear of any mortgage) in the same subdivision or contiguous area.