@Chris Smith, with all due respect, it sounds as though a lot of your time and efforts are spent in the lead generation business.

I guess it would take someone actually hitting the tab on the BRE site and turning in a wholesaler who lets say had a website showing homes they did not own.. or had craigslist adds. etc.quick check of country records would probably verify who owns what..but then again... it takes time and effort and you know people.. unless you really piss someone off probably nothing will happen..

I know if the mentor is the real deal there time is definitely valuable and I know the success of the investor is ultimately determined by the efforts of the investor.

In multiple economic fronts, using dollar devaluation to make export cheaper and to cut borrowing rates, extended arm through globalization, no longer works for the USA to gain both earned and unearned income or at least have little or no effects to gain what used to be always working.

MY question is, is it worth the effort to do this?

Hello BP Family,After contemplating for a few minutes the type of impression I wanted to make with my introduction I simply realize that if this community truly was going to become a part of my family I should be transparent from the start.After immigrating from Mexicali,  Baja California in Northern Mexico I dedicated all of my effort to school which earned me a place at UC Berkeley for my college career.

It's a lot of effort to pay below retail or cheaper than HD like you are saying, and we usually just don't have the time to go through places like BMO and Stardust, but I've used both in the past.We have an HD commercial account which gives us no interest for 60 day payment terms, we also are in the AZREIA 2% rebate remodeler program, and make sure to send all your items through the pro dest at the bid room at HD, for you anything 2k and over should qualify for some decent discounts.Some other places we use that are good and affordable for specific items:Desert Liquidators LLC- Good for flooring, cabinets, etcDiamond Kitchen and Bath- They have in stock Glenwood models and White Shakers that are good prices and are modular.Lee's Counter Tops- Only reliable vendor we've found for formica/laminate topsWindow Depot- Our go to for in stock and custom order double pane aluminum and vinyl windows that are cheap and good quality for investment property.

Your doing the right thing by asking others for their recommendations, best of luck with your efforts!

Thanks again and it has been a group effort from all of us so keep up the good work everyone!

At the time the amount of foreign aid and other money pouring into that city was astounding and real estate was the wild west.I ended up in the investment side of the business first, then later moved for several years to national and international tenant rep as an SVP at Equis, where I sourced and managed global accounts and also transacted their deals, more leases than purchases and sales.A few years ago I left and started Angelic with my life companion, angel, who is our CEO (and he's a non-broker, our only non-broker).