It’s also a form of “bundling”, the more business you do with one provider the more favorable the terms should be.

Shirley and Mastic have not been for me, if it is for you, I would wait for the downturn and you can pick those up for $50K each.  

He is the person we learned how to do our lease options with and we use his forms which were created by his team of lawyers to be Dodd-Frank compliant.

For me it was just another house.

It is simply a form of sub leasing.

So glad you've already plugged into the Bigger Pockets podcast - that was a huge source of education for me when I first started.If you haven't already, I would recommend finding a real estate agent that you trust (you've already had a few chime in here with recommendations ;), and also start talking to lenders (banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, etc.)

Lesson learned for me.

This happened a while ago but I wanted to let people know how this turned out...My title company ended up handling most of it for me for a small fee.

So glad you've already plugged into the Bigger Pockets podcast - that was a huge source of education for me when I first started.You mentioned that you had solid mortgage brokers lined up, but if I could add from experience...I would recommend that you talk to multiple lenders (banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, etc.)

There’s a lot of good stuff in there.Auctions seem pretty daunting for a new investor... so I’m thinking that might not be the best place for me right now.I’ve heard similar things about direct mail.