You run your usual ad, telephone screen the prospects, refer them to me for showing and we'll get it done.

I have also owned many businesses:johnmichael: Laundry Mats, Retail Stores, Flea Markets, Convince Stores, Arcades, Rack Merchandising, Mystery ,Mystery shopping Company, Auction Centers, Answering Services, Vending, And the list goes on.johnmichael: Now enough pumping sunshine up my own skirt LOLjohnmichael: Do understand we will be going over the basics and then step by step jump into the more advanced and creative strategies of locating Real Estatejohnmichael: I do want to cover basic investing strategy for new investors; johnmichael: STEP 1 - Buy a piece of real estate under the most favorable terms and conditions possible with as much leverage (OPM--other people's money) as you can.johnmichael: The art of this game is finding moneyjohnmichael: Money is everywhere folksjohnmichael: How many Dr's in your townsDan_Auito: We are gaining strength in that dept as more and more lenders are finding our home herejohnmichael: The are of OPM is just asking for it!

Make certain that whatever income you derive covers your costs of owning the property, plus a profit.Check to see whether the value of other area properties have increased or decreased in the past five years.

Remember all seller financed notes are purchased at a discount (depending upon the terms, buyer’s credit, etc.) .... so there must be enough profit to cover the spread.

Higher efficiency A/C units and "solar" screens on all appropriate windows.

Try and cover all the fact being discussed.

I'm not looking for bird-dogs, Investors that are tire kickers, or those individuals…… that are bumping up the prices of my properties that I have for sale.I will actually screen those who want in; investing in real estate is a business and should be treated as one.

You might try this free site.http://www.homeradar.com/ It gives comps for most areas, there are some areas it doesnt cover, but it is really good site.Mark

They can be safe transactions, they can work, but I have yet to meet anyone, I mean anyone, including attorneys who have boilerplate L/Os, that covered the bases sufficiently.

However I also wrote in the lease contract that the refrigerator, washer and dryer are there ONLY for the convenience of the tenant and will not be covered by maintenance.