Real estate investors are businessmen and we have to think and conduct ourselves as such, especially when approaching a lender to obtain financing for a project.

- Obtain seperate phone for business.- Attend local RE Club meeting for first time.- arrive early, stay late.- immediately place contact info from networking into my database. - Go to county courthouse- learn what info is available from clerks.- setup DBA- network- Locate good webdesigner to set up business website.- Design & printout business cards using local business.- Use local business to manufacture fifty bandit signs

For example, where the party which seeks to be released knew that the other party would incur significant expense in obtaining materials which cannot be transferred to other work, a court may find that under the circumstances the contract should be enforced despite the statute of frauds.In the scenario of wholesaling or flipping an REO, in which there is a clear indication of fraud, or even misrepresentation, the promissory estoppels would not prevail.

A short sale is another way to obtain a REO if there are two existings defaulted loans on the property.

You can still own and transport and even carry a gun in California if you follow the laws properly and obtain the proper license.

In Boston, when I lived there you had to obtain a permit to carry pepper spray and could only carry certain blends of pepper spray.Knives are another matter entirely as they in some way more efficient lethal weapons than a gun.

I've recently obtained access to my local MLS and since I am focusing on wholesaling I wanted to maximize the use of the MLS to find potential wholesale deals.

Good thing about this process is that you immediately know the day after the bidding if you obtained the property.

Problems may arisie when you obtain your liability coverage as your insurance company classifies your company for premiums to the type of business.While in all states, the standard verbage for filing Articles of Incorporation includes "conduct all business permitted by lay" (or similar wording) if the business activity is considered too far off your stated business purpose it may be disallowed by a court and say that you were acting individually and not under the Articles of your business.Just because you have an LLC doesn't mean you can conduct any business you like, it should be closely related, usual and customary.

The Harvard report cites a Fannie Mae study showing that while attitudes toward homeownership have become more negative over the last few years, 74 percent of renters and 87 percent of the general population still view homeownership as safe investment.While many households aspire to homeownership, tightened underwriting standards may stand in their way and the report speculates that the proposed 20 percent down payment requirement for qualified residential mortgages could sharply curtail homeownership unless the borrower obtains a government guarantee.