Shoot me a pm once you hit 10 posts.

I know that your surrounding area has been hit hard with foreclosures particularily OH & MI.

It should take you longer than that unless you have a lot of experience.You'll need to own a good electrical tester, and know how to use it.

These cash flow better and you don't take as much of a hit financially when you have a vacancy.

Tenant shall be responsible for maintenance and repair to the inside of the premises including heating and cooling systems, electrical, plumbing, hardware, doors, windows, screens and painting.

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.

"Shortsale" is going to become the new hit thing and a lot of people will make a lot of money at it.

But momentum is picking up and should hit the mark in the next year.It can be done, with starting capital of less than 1 million but the key is buying right and then leveraging the equity.

You can Google that and there a a few more hits I found.ThanksDan Schemerhorn

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