You will learn what it is like to landlord, while having your rent paid by your tenants.If you've read anything on BP, you know the buy-and-hold method is not a get-rich-quick scheme.

But Making the drive to the recording office and doing a title search on potential properties seems like the method of last resort.Realtors sometimes get free preliminary reports from title companies in return for a steady flow of sales from the realtor.

In order to find the homeowners, I have mainly used the method of "direct mail"... and well, lets just say its definitely a small -to-medium success ratio.

It is very true that throughout the journey of locating investors, you will run into many liars/phonies who claim to have experience, but really do not.

You know you're an investors when:1) you bought the cat urine house and you're trying formulas and methods of applying deck and porch enamel on the floors inside yourself to prove to the painter he CAN get that smell out.2) your broker is reassigning a HELOC to one house instead of being attached to several to give you less than 10 mortgages on a loan.3) your lawyer says the title is messed up on the house you're buying and it's going to take $2000 to straighten it out and you go out and find a title insurance company to do the job instead for $150.00.

A couple of years of the method above might get you there.

The investors for whom I negotiate build their buyers list through Craigslist, their own websites and the typical other methods: signs, referrals and MLS.I know it's tricky to list on the MLS without first having lender approval but if you list at a realistic price and disclose ahead of time, you may catch that buyer who has the time to get "mortgage ready" and doesn't mind the wait.In fact, one investor I know has a program called "Get Mortgage Ready."

Any terms that you negotiated in the PSA can be Assigned which is my preferred method.

You have access to great info, but you also need to learn a great deal about repair and improvement costs, methods, and materials, and the vendors that provide them.

My name is Javier Ramirez and my wife, (Leslie), and I are embarking on a new journey of Investing in Real Estate.