Amazon is a great search engine!

Being a transaction engineer with all motivated sellers is key to being a REI.Interview the seller.  

I am a student, studying chemical engineering.

Since Google got its start as a search engine, I think that is one of the best functionalities that they have.

The search engines, Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com - Type in sell (your city) home fast and also We buy Houses in (your city).

It's what I do a lot for clients in my job as a Civil Engineer so I'm more familiar with it than most I'd assume.

If you reverse engineer how money is made in real estate, the essential benefits are revealed:1) Use2) Profits3) Growth4) Income5) Management6) Amortization7) Tax benefitsNow, look at real estate from the satellite view and the effect of time:Growth, speculation, cresting, decline, blight and ghost town.Until people had a way to connect with others, they needed to be physically close to the employer that created the employment or the crops or industry that generate cashflow and profits. 

According to California law I am no more skilled to manage than my brother an engineer with no prior experience.

I love working with her because her forté is transaction engineering and I trust that if something is a **** deal she's not gonna allow me to pursue it. 

I'd like to manage the property myself.As for myself, I'm a Mechanical Engineer working in KOP, graduated from UD and plan on moving out west (washington, oregon, colorodo, etc.) once my financee is finished with school.Not sure if there's anything else I'm missing, but if so, please feel free to ask.