I would consider any money made only as a bonus to learning strategies to go off and do it on my own.

Getting traffic is just a bonus!

For a project we need to finish quickly I throw in a good bonus to get it done on time.He finished a job for me once that basically saved me $6,000 as it was necessary to get the property to code to close immediately or lose the deal.However, I have used temps to do whole house carpet rip outs & wall/kitchen tear outs & the ever horrible basement clean outs.

I am not referring to the lender who you might get a loan with for the report to purchase.I am talking about a banking institution that is looking at whether or not to foreclose on a property they have a loan on.I run into this with commercial property when I am doing short sales.The bank will order full appraisals every 2 to 3 months or so and the environmental I would put weight on how old the report is from.The phase 1 reports I have been provided by the asset managers on these short sales are very detailed by a professional company (some up to 60 pages long or longer).The point is you can get a copy of this report sometimes which is a bonus for a buyer looking to purchase.After viewing a report a buyer can decide if they want to pay for a more involved report or pay for another phase 1 by a different party.

For bonus points, you can talk to any groups that you're a part of -- like your local real estate club -- about BP and why they should join up.4 - Invite your friends and colleagues - Whether you do so by #3 above or if you use our system's Invite Colleagues function (found in the Network menu), bringing new users to join the site is a great way to give back and help.5 - Link to BiggerPockets from your blog or website - There's no better way to endorse a website online than by linking to it from your own website or blog.

For example, many banks have exposure to commercial loans that have hard assets like real estate as security.

Many brokers may shy away from certain types of transactions and that's up to them as they determine their exposure to liabilities, a broker could say no Sub-2 deals for example and as an agent you'd have to comply.

But, since the G20 summit and the continuous world exposure about Pittsburgh, including "America's Most Livable City" by Forbes, the #1 Commercial Real Estate Market in America in 2010 by Moody's Investor, and just recently recognized as 1 of 3 cities to fully recover from the recession, it's no longer our little secret.

I have around $50k cash to invest, but will likely have much more in 6-12mos (I have a $150k/yr salaried job that pays a large bonus in addition to that, but I'm young and just finished paying off college debt, so low savings).

That is plenty of time to gain sufficient market exposure to garner decently high percentage of value.