In fact, there's a cost of doing business - MLS access, desk fees, marketing, business cards etc - you'll probably have to pay to go to work in some respects.

@Carl MartinIf investor is the route you want to take start going to local REIA meetings or the BWI or Real Deal Meetups in Columbia and at Arbutus Library respectively.

Ask lots and lots of questions....good operators will try to educate you on their product, the process and their respective markets.

Respectfully, with an explanation that it is in their best interests to cooperate if they want the option exercised and the house sold.And I hope you hear what Bill Gulley is saying, and aren't claiming that you are a final buyer with "partners" as opposed to a wholesaler selling an option.

You have the opportunity to buy the respective fractionalized interest(s) upon proof of capacity, powers and authority.Buying heirs interest is not wise because it's a pig in a poke asset.I'm trying to see the smokin' deal part.

I know have respect for you guys who find a diamond in the rough or a vision, and my frustration is now becoming an obsession.

Seth Williams who I respect a TON wrote on his blog how to build a Seller's Site with WordPress.

Do they manage the property and do they have a continuing support system in the markets they serve.If I decided to sell my properties the investor who took over would get a turn key operation and would earn a respectable return but..... over time if he did not continue to maintain a support team those returns would disappear with one or tow bad tenants who trashed the property and failed to leave on their own .The challenge in low income areas is management.

While I feel like that advice has paid off in some respects (I love what I do), I've slowly seen that this is not always the case.

What he said, plus I would emphasize learn everything you can before looking for a mentor so you can ask for the least amount possible, and come to the table offering something.