I live in South Florida and have been wanting to enter the RE world for nearly 6 years now.

If the defendant is cooperative, you should be able to have him sign something to enter his appearance, waived service of process and confess judgment.

Just be prepared to close in 2 months or so, since banks to tend to take longer.Private money isn't bad to simply secure the property and then refinance.

Simply amazing!

I actually want to refinance 4 months after acquisition, so how do I enter that into the calc?

In this market, I prefer MHP, simply because of their ability to perform through a recession.  

Not doing so was the biggest mistake I made early in my REI journey.These days, I look at several things when entering a market. 

@Tariq K Frantz what often gets overlooked about these asset classes (and what Sam Zell relates to) is the long term success they are capable of creating, simply due to their intrinsic characteristics. 

in all states in the US the way wholesaling IE assigning contracts is taught its simply a violation of the licensure laws.. what happens Is some states could care less so the guru's sell courses to these folks convince them that equitable interest works.. but its up to each state to determine if they want to enforce their licensure laws.Oregon is one that is starting to go after folks that market properties they don't own.. same with Ohio  and FLA and some others..NB being a very small market has not really been talked about on BP.. but your correct the bottom line Is folks need to talk to the regulators not an attorney.. attorneys in these instance are paid to argue.. 

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