They dragged things out for months, and their appraisers came back with values that were as low as half of the true value (that was determined by a local licensed appraiser 2 months before).

:roll: A D&B number isnt rarely used for conventional financing, it is mostly used to establish trade lines with suppliers, cell phone service and very rarely used for loans.

What you are doing is establishing a win-win relationship.

Have you already established a plan of attack for yourself.

I've been on biggerpockets for a while now. i obtained my license this year and trying to get things off to a good start.

If that means licensed, you might want to be sure that doing some of these creative techniques, or for that matter, just plain buying a house below retail value, violates your code of ethics.

If you want to flip short sales in my opinion....is safer and less stress to simply take a month out of you busy schedule, spend $500 bucks, pick up a real estate license and build you profit into the commission.

See section on 1031 exchanges which keep you informed of the Housing Bill 8/08 which establishes that the House and the Senate want to penalize small investors.

My partner is a licensed realtor, so in terms of real estate, there aren't many situations we aren't able to provide a solution for.My primary goal in real estate is to be a full time investor-this is something that I see myself doing for the long term.

I know that all investors decide to establish themselves differently.