Will reading real estate investing books help me better than taking an online class or getting a mentor?

You bet Charles!

Your best bet is to wait for it to come onto the market with a real estate listing agent, wait until the owner occupant period is up and then make an offer.2.

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The cost of repair/restoration should be less than 5% of the purchase price.The offer was made online through the HUD system, and the contract will be presented to me tomorrow for signature.

I did plenty of residential investments and loans with online lenders.

You would probably want to get your tax id for the LLC first so that you can enter it on sunbiz. most banks will just need your tax id and to verify you on sunbiz. pm me if you need anyother assistance. banking is what i do as my day job :)sunbiz: https://efile.sunbiz.org/scripts/coretype.exeirs (for tax id): http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Apply-for-an-Employer-Identification-Number-(EIN)-Online

I just saw truly terrible reviews for the firm online.

You may know that crowdfunding is an online money-raising strategy that began as a way for the public to donate small amounts of money often through social networking websites.

Some counties have lots of data available online, some don't.