I first found them via their videos and podcasts then joined the site.

My partner and I have a couple projects going on at the moment in the Cleveland market, but currently don't have someone to take legit pictures or shoot video of the whole process (I like to have good before/afters to keep track of what we've done and attract investors). 

- why would someone hire a hobby property management for the same cost as a professional that does it all day, every day? 

Hi @Marc Watson, are you looking for vinyl installation professionals in that, that's all they do?

The podcast, videos, forums, and blogs are all free.

I will tell you, for the right job, Burke Builders was very professional and did a tremendous job.

Would love to hear more professional input Jay Hinrichs

As an industry professional I will tell you these are only good as secondary sources, not primary.

From a funding standpoint, you can expect to pay about 2% of the loan amount for a double closing.As far as closing costs, it is important that you have an Escrow agent that is investor-friendly and familiar with the ins and outs of handling a back to back double closing so that it is handled professionally and legally.

They then take those notes and package them with others from similar purchases and sell them along with their analysis to private investment funds.This leaves 45 notes from a package of 1,000 that three professional investment funds, doing intensive analysis by highly trained MBAs, have determined cannot yield even a minimal investment return.These are then offered to the individual investor, who according to those in the industry “with something to sell” (the leftover NPNs and/or “training”) can profit enormously by (1) making them re-performing notes or (2) foreclosing and selling the property for large profits.The pitch from those “with something to sell” is twofold: (1) “There is plenty of meat left on the bone” (actual quote), and (2) if you send the borrower a complete package of all docs, weighing, say, five pounds you will “shock and awe” him into paying on the note.I highly doubt either of these claims have even a micron of validity.The parties with a financial interest in you buying into this will cite isolated instances of great success, never mentioning the all-more-frequent instances of total failure.So at the end of the day the training promoters have collected up to $30,000 per person for their NPN “mentoring”/”coaching” program, the retail asset disposer has made 50% to 100% profit on their inventory, private middlemen have turned a $2,500 investment in a note into $16,000, and my sister-in-law who purchased 5 NPNs over three years ago and has spent large amounts on attorneys, taxes, and brokers has yet to see a penny in return.To paraphrase, if you don’t know who the sucker is in any ultra-high profit promise situation, it’s you.