Regarding getting a US bank account, I very vaguely remember reading some years ago that Barclays Bank in the UK offered a US funds account to their customers in the UK.

:)I think what Ned is saying is that there is a community, content, discussions, etc. here that is invaluable when it comes to helping a new investor learn the basics and figure out a path..........But, as Ned said, BiggerPockets is a great place to start that process...you have 100,000 members and volumes of content to help you figure out what path you should travel...Yes J perhaps I was, and you (hopefully others) all know I feel the same way about BP, what was being communicated was pick your mentors carefully.And as Terry mentioned, the best mentors will be local, I have advised people all over the country, but I can only go so far not knowing what local laws and customs are.See Terry, I don't know everything!

And it lasts a few months before drying out, then cracks or falls out.Don't use custom colors in rentals.

I plan on going into a development and building a model and as soon as it is done build another spec, two total, then stopping until home #2 sells, unless of course an agent brings me a client that wants me to build a custom or one of my specs.

I think you should focus on who your customer base is first.

Businesses often have customers with cars who park all around the business, creating an eyesore and limiting parking for actual residents.

It's easy to say it's legal when we're doing stuff with happy customers and no complaints.

If this is a bulk buyer they might be using a custom contract drawn up by their attorney with a ton of outs in it.With earnest money I care more about which side is holding it and how much of it is non-refundable and WHEN that happens. 10,000 non-refundable for any reason held by me the seller is worth way more than 40,000 earnest money held by the buyers side.

I will be working on so projects where we are basically designing our own customize loan package.

After that, I worked a year stint for Infiniti in the customer service dept, which helped me get over my shyness; we had to make a minimum of 80 contacts a day.