Especially appreciate the online Property Analysis tool.

I have online access to my county's Public Trustee's records database, but I'm having trouble finding any Notice of Default etc records.

Many public records offices are online.

Guess the lender earned a profit there!

Gottadoadealitis is a very bad brain fever that causes smart people to take thousands of their hard earned dollars and promptly flush them down the toilet.

The Fannie Mae guidelines are available on-line from Allregs.com and yes they can be read.

There are so many ways to make money in real estate, why gamble with the ways that you could lose it all with.Michael, birddogging or referring properties to an investor does violate real estate licensing laws which dictate that you must have a license to earn a fee for buying or selling a property for someone else.

Search online and this forum. the information is out there just need to find it. also ask friends and family if they ever purchased some items in the past and read those... i told my parents about my plans and my mother bought a couple of programs in the past where i learned some howto stuff... also on these forums there is a forum dedicated to rate books and other investment tools to see if they are worth it. do more online searching than anything... make sure u dont buy something for it just to collect dust. find out everything for free while u can and make a decision if you really need to buy a book. check out creoline.com also. it's a creative online investing site they advertise products there too but i jus read the free articles.

Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to lenders (specific banks, credit unions, online, etc.)?

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