With a decade of experience in commercial and consumer lending I have been appointed by the San Jose Investment Corporation of America as Managing Partner for the Greater Charleston/Coastal Low Country area of South Carolina.It is my pleasure to be able to locally assist real estate investors secure their short-term purchase/Rehab/Fix 'n Flip and even new construction loans.

I'm pretty sure it was sponsored by the local MLS and was probably using one of the public access channels the cable companies have to have.

I think your best resource may be a local publication. try googling forclosure and *your area or town*locally, we have a publication called the recorder. it costs something along the lines of $175/3 months.it lists all of the forclosure sales happening, times and dates. but it is also where they publish public notices to defaulters.as in "this is hereby notice that on such and such a date, your home will be siezed..."

Both of us find investors who are interested in forclosed property and we send them the listings.These listings are great, the only problem is once you secure the property you have 24 hours to either go with their hard money loan program(which is 10% down with 18% interest),pay cash or find another hard money loan.

Our situation: own outright, (financing secured from second on another property), need cash to buy next rehab.

On the other hand, medical graduate students carry debts in the range $19,000 - $105,000 (Source: Department of Education).Tuition fees have risen 32% at 4 year private colleges whilst they have risen by 41% at public universities and colleges.

In fact, some would argue to use a strategy for putting the maximum amount you can down on a purchase agreement; then worst case (assuming you have a financing clause in the sales contract), once you secure a ratified contract, you can change your financing terms as long as it doesn't negatively impact the seller.

That should be public record where you are.My experience with condemned or boarded properties is that the city usually has some sort of agenda in mind for it.Look into it but, it's not something I would spend too much time on.Jim Watkinswww.dfwmentor.com

Hey 4runner,Some companies need you to do winterizations, lawn service, board-ups, securing, etc..

Even if you're ferreting NODs out of the public records yourself and writing to them, you have to pay for paper and postage.