Be sure to subscribe to the wholesaling category (Look for the "subscribe to category" button on the right side looking at any forum thread within that category) so you can jump in, help others out, and establish your expertise in the field.

I'm a new investor (June 2012) and like many noobs, finances peg me in the wholesaler category right now.

So I have spent the last several days searching through numerous posts on BP to refine my criteria for an absentee owner list.

You could use your allotted 10 Fannie Mae 30-yr loans to build this portfolio, but could not do so on the more numerous and cheaper houses.

However, I have refused to rent to a few applicants who I felt were at risk for filing bankruptcy based on their numerous (20 or so) large unpaid debts which I felt would, at some point, cause them to file bankruptcy since they had no way to pay these debts off based on their current income/financial situation.On the other hand, I will not exclude applicants who have already previously filed bankruptcy and had the bankruptcy discharged since I know that they won't be able to file it again for quite a few years (depending on what chapter they filed).

I have gotten the Sch E's with blacked out SSN/EIN on numerous occasions when dealing with an actual owner/seller (as opposed to foreclosures).

Each state has their own disclosure laws on the books and some of them can be pretty weird.Do you have the local state statute code online labeled by category??

Have read it numerous times.And years back I wrote a guest post on BP about tax liens.

We currently own several businesses and numerous residential and commercial properties in and around Austin and central Texas.  

Though each of those even have sub categories, sometimes they ALL get lumped together and get a bad rap!