A different defect was discovered some months later when I refinanced, and that took a while to resolve.Why is it you're responsible for insurance and the lawn if the title wasn't transferred to you?

So many investors are told to get more exposure, write a Real Estate Blog.  

I would really like to begin keeping up with my blog on BP or a 3rd party site.

This blog is not so much of the normal type of blog where I give a narrative on a subject.

So I started to buy ( kind of like income averaging knowing I was going to get my but kicked on the 5 OREO's I had left) so we got some just smokin deals in those early days after the meltdown.I would be writting on Out of country RE blogs and there were TK guys really promoting TEXAS and there reason is that Texas never fell or not much in the GFC...So that begged the question 3 or 4 years ago what was a better investment markets that got crushed or Texas... markets like Vegas Phx CA Atl  .... 

I asked a broker about a property that has sat for longer than I thought based on the listing and I discovered that it has a foundation issue AND the realtor & photographer did a fantastic job with the pictures.

I've had many conversations with new investors and one of the values a good agent brings is asking probing questions and good fact finding questions to help you, as a new investor, discover what it is you are actually looking for.Most conversations I have start out like this, " I want to get into REI."

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions we receive about self-directed IRAs: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/understanding-self-directed-iras-faq-Cal

Are there blogs or forum discussions that are helpful to total beginners like myself? 

I was reading some other blogs and they mentioned reporting the HOA to the state department that governs HOA's.