Mitch,No need for a special account just to send in payments.Just send in a check with the payment coupon, or pay online if the lender has a website for doing so.As long as the lender is getting the payments, on time, they won't care who wrote the check out and from where.HTH,Jim

I can take time off to work on real estate deals and the hours don't really conflict much (poker is usually nights and weekends and I usually do real estate during business hours and weekdays.I don't play cash games but I probably played like 5000 tournaments last year and can give you some tips if you want.

In fact, I consider someone who is stealing rent from me to be no better than an armed criminal that breaks into my house in the middle of the night to rob me.

google your county's name for the Property Appraisers office.Most counties now have these records online.

I did do a register of deed search on line and found the original mortgage, two others from the same bank, one from another bank plus a mechanic lien all against the same property.

If you do not want to join an agency for credit/background, and pay their fees, there are a few do it yourself ways to get some information--You can require the applicant provide you with their free credit report which they can obtain online--(you would have to know how to read and assess it), also you can go online for public records checks to see about evictions, and criminal public records. and thirdly, the landlord name & reference they provide to you, you can go to your county tax records online, put in the address or parcel # to see if the name on the property address really is the landlord, or just a friend that they have asked to pretend to be the landlord --that happens alot.

Hey Dan,The system that I use is an online service.

if you go on line and review the foreclosures pending in S.C. many of them are Home Owners Associations.

- I'm 8 months pregnant and don't want keep losing sleep at night - not sure how much I should be worried

I just added my photo last night so I thought I would post here to expose my mug.