Title companies reqiure exact addresses and charge $35 per search.

They are charging me $45.00 a month per unit on a 60K SFR.

Personally for me I would want to find a local deca-millionaire veteran/seasoned investor that has a business plan that is very similar to mine and work for him (small maintenance items, cutting grass, collecting rents, placing bandit signs, researching deeds, etc) free of charge for a month or two as he explains to me why he does what he's doing and takes me with him when he's analyzing and negotiating deals.What I don't like is the fluff in the guru pitches that don't really tell you what to do and make everything sound like it's as easy as buying a certificate of deposit.

By doing the work, you'll save a bunch of money and you should be able to work a lot faster than a contractor.

But here's my problem: If I drop that much to just try and get a sale, I'd prefer not to use a realtor because commission charges arent factored in to that cost; thus, my exposure is limited and its harder to find buyers.

I charge based on whether I enjoy the work or hate it, or whether it is a very skilled thing.

If there is no sale we'll be looking for the largest box we can find to live in as there is no way (that I know of) to get enough funds to buy a home on the other end; we qualify for about $40k under our current circumstances as I am carrying a lot of debt from business charges on credit cards for our start-up business which has not started to pay me back for anything to this point.

In my area threy charge $300-500.

They will eat you alive faster than the big lawyers.Commercial buildings can have very long vacancies.

The Local Law has since changed, and the last evictiion I did there, the sheriff hired the movers, loaded the stuff, and took it to storage, where it was later sold after further notices, at additional cost to the landlord, and charged to the tenant.