If there's a fire over the weekend, is the seller responsible for repairs since he technically still owned the house?

Even if you follow those guidelines the ultimate decision rest with your brokerage and what kind of liability they want or will accept.The activities you are wanting to do may not be covered under their E and O policy or the brokerage may simply not want you doing these types of activities.

One with the "one at a time approach" and one with 4 active mortgages at a time.

BP is also a great networking tool, and if you stay active you will likely find several investors local to you who will be willing to sit down and discuss the local market with you.

I mostly spent my time driving around prospects from NY City looking at low priced properties that they were considering as weekend homes.

Are you seeing anyone in CA actively using any of the strategies you mentioned? 

I am willing to be patient but want to start actively working toward finding a property.

I have been a member for quite some time but never been more active than the past few months.

Jean T.I am active duty military.

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