The longer these properties sit on the banks books, the more money they are losing.I have seen some properties in Michigan go for under $20K with the investor I work for.

If any person who has a failing or failed career could read a book and then expect to pull down a year's income for little effort plus no risk then I have a few things to sell you.John Corey

In many ways BoA is no larger or any more significant than a number of other banks (HSBC, Goldman, etc).REOs have no loan guarantees as the asset on the bank's books is property and not a loan.

Are there better classes, books, etc?

Books, articles and whatever else helped or continues to help you.

If the owner of the S corp is the trustee then they can be personally named in the suit.I agree that being off the radar will help.Check out Bronchick's book on Wealth Protection.

I've learned the "books" about the industry, and now am applying what I've learned to the real world.

Look at what's happened with books (amazon), misc junk (ebay), travel (numerous), and cars (also numerous sites.)

I tried all of the techniques that the books tell you - work with realtors; call the FSBOs; chase vacant houses; run a classifed ad.

2 years ago I read all the books most of you have or are now reading.