Im guessing he should be involved in every step of the way, huh?

If in your will you bequeath the property to your wife then she will basically step in to your shoes and be co-tenants with your partner.

Not asking BP for the answers directly.That is my next step.

Maybe start off as a partner with someone very active (proven track record) in your target market.

Step1:Define your goal (home buyer or investor)Step 2: Define if an investor what kind you want to be (wholesaler,wholetail,fix and flip,hold,etc.)Step 3: Define how much funds you have to start out with,credit,access to additional capital etc.Step 4: Do you plan on living off of real estate full time or do you have a job and want to invest a little at a time?

As a borrower if you can not take a step back and look objectively at your project find a friend who can.

They claim to provide links, link from their "high PR" website, etc.THere is no easy pathway to useful linksI found one of the best ways is to find a method that works and then hire a VA to follow your method step by step.

and more importantly take action =) I've been lurking on this forum off and on for years actually, so this is my first big step~!

I've found some instructions on how to go about finding properties from probate.The first step is to check the daily obituaries (for me, they're located on the right part of the screen on this page: http://www.detroitnews.com/section/obituaries) and gather names so I can check them against the county property ownership records to see if the deceased owned real estate.No problem there.The next step is where I'm coming across issues.Step two, is to check the county property ownership records to see if there's a probate property associated the name of the deceased.When I for some of the names I found in the obituaries (http://www.waynecountylandrecords.com/RealEstate/SearchEntry.aspx), I'll find other types of records for their names, but I've yet to find any records for these individuals that are of the types "Probate Court Order" or "Probate File."

I'm familiar with residential and the necessary steps, however with commercial can I do things (evict) more aggressively?