My main benefits are;You dont have to bother with another Realtor to go look at houses or make offers.Gives you credibility from the public's perspective.Taking the course and passing the exam takes dedication and time but is worth it to give you a good foundation.What I love best of all it saves you on commission since you are the buyers agent and eventually may want to become a broker-in-charge and save all of the commission on your side.

That said, I will usually be telling the tenants my plan for the carpet during the pre-move out inspection (mainly to let them know if they should be getting the carpets cleaned or not). 

The main step important to you is that the sheriff's sale is scheduled 6 months in the future.  

Skip Tracer is the only way I can think of at the moment Try Memphis moonlighters located on 100 North Main. 

Also an LLC does not protect you if you go and do something stupid, i.e. drunk driving and hit someone, they can get to anything that you have LLC or not.If you are going to be using a lot of leverage with the property then don't put it in an LLC yet, mainly because you will not get as good of financing terms.

Hey BP, I stumbled upon this great resource a few days ago while doing some research in the Detroit and metro Detroit rental market—mainly interested in single family homes.

We get about 200 investors at our main meeting.  

I'd like to start by focusing on Portland, Maine, but I really don't even know what to begin looking at.

I am currently in Dallas and also looking for deals in Tulsa, but mainly Dallas.

Hey everyone, my name is Stephen and I'm from Winthrop, Maine.