Rob Grove you can contact the owner prior to the foreclosure auction or go to the auction and bid.Most large banks won't deal directly with individuals once they foreclose on it, until they list it with an agent or online website.

Brandon Turner, co-host of The BiggerPockets Podcast, will teach you how to find, analyze, and finance incredible small multifamily properties, as well as the dangers to be aware of before you make any offer!

Even realtors that get into wholesaling are doing it part time because they are working with their normal retail buy/sell clients to generate their normal income.I noticed a lot of those guru programs teach the same thing (mail to absentee and probate), making it competitive now that the market is now getting 5x as many of the same letters every week.    

They will likely send an inspector to show compliance with city code depending on the type of store fronts (e.g. a restaurant setup will have different requirements in many cases than an art studio, for example).I would certainly invest in getting individually city metered utilities so that the tenants pay their own utility bills and there is not some messy shared arrangement that you have to deal with.  

Lets you build equity faster.You would get pre-approved before you go shopping, so you know what you should look at.All conforming loans are made to individuals NOT LLC.

I am opposed to any educator which charges to teach you any sort of system, as that money would be much better put toward your first deal. 

It has been ruled not suspicious.The charges will now be sorted out by the courts and penalties range from $2,000 to $50,000 for individuals.

These 5 units are split across three individual buildings; two duplexes and one SFR.

My day job is teaching high school.

You really don't learn anything about investing, and it mostly teaches you about contracts, agent relationships and ethics.