We have excellent credit and already have the loan open, just waiting for the house....

Your Roth IRA is also an excellent source of investment funds.

To me this site is more about sharing knowledge, experiences and viewpoints not seeing someone's picture and building trusting relationships.

You might expect her to give a better deal based on a now established ongoing relationship.

I used to live in Halifax...I'm a retired navy guy.You've found an excellent site here.

That is an excellent format for new investors looking to meet and network with other investors.FYI: I recently did a bandit sign campaign in western MA and it worked very well.

It's basically manipulating an agency relationship, facilitating a sale or lease for a fee and in Mo. as well as other states can get you nailed if any part of your deal blows up.

What you are describing is the best way and use those techniques in combination with relationship building and you will win.

Most of the owners that are worth talking to are very hard to find, the only way to connect with these types of people is to be highly specialized and focus only on apartments owners and build relationships with them. 100 postcards is a good start, but i would recommend making calls EVERYDAY to actually find an owner who is willing to sell & is realistic about the value of their property.

What I have discovered is that my clients have thousand of REOs nationally and through my relationships at the Asset Manager level I have access or the ability to look at them all.