I'm new too...but there seems to be quite the following here in the Pacific Northwest!

Had a local plumber hire a registered sex offender and he went in to a woman's house to work on pipes, nothing happened, but when she saw his face on a poster that was handed out later her husband and nearly everyone else quit using that plumber for fear of safety for their wives.

An experienced real estate investor, this was her first time to purchase a commercial building, so quite a different experience compared with buying a rental home or duplex.

@Eric O'Brian - I quit the j.o.b. and went full-time RE (investor and Realtor) at the beginning of '07.

I saw that my buying agent and the listing agent work for the same realty, and are both listed as "dual agents" on my paperwork.I've researched quite a bit (and feel mostly ok about this)--- but am asking you pro's.

I've no need to tell you how mass the wealth of knowledge is here nor how great the people are since you've lurked for quite some time.

Yep - when idiots say they love REI I just laugh - it's a means to an end, but you have to eat a lot of crap to make it.

and its been a long, long time since I've lost money on a project, in fact I've had a string of them that have been quite profitable over the last year or so, so I'd like to think that I know quite a bit about flipping houses.

A 25 year old furnace is sufficient until it quits (usually on christmas eve:))

If you are purchasing the property under your name you can quit claim the deed ,for whatever interest you have , over to the LLC after closing.