After taking a course in Udemy on REI and flipping and then reading a couple of books on the subject, I found BP and signed up - what an awesome repository and community, all on-point.Anyway, I am a little too cautious by nature and would like to get my first property this year, wholesaling to kick it off and build up the war chest.Thanks for taking the time to reply to noobs like myself, BP 

I'll do this during a phone conversation and try to fit it into the conversation naturally.

So the talks are naturally geared toward them.For a real estate lawyer who has 20+ years in buying and selling land, and subdividing, and forming investment partnerships, and dealing with tax issues, and running my own land development company, I don't learn much.  

Here is an example of one of the properties I pulled for you:Tax ID#: 0270494 Amount due: $10,806.64*Property Address: 1091-102 Pemberton Hill Road, ApexDate of First Action: May 20, 2015Date Judgment Filed with Courts: July 30, 2015Date of Sale: To Be AnnouncedIn my experience, most delinquent homeowners wait til the last minute to pay or take any action at all because they don't believe its really going to happen for some reason-human nature for you.

What is the step by step process to do something of this nature.

While acceptable, it's easy for the apprentice to be abused.Then, there are those that are driven by psychological aspects in human nature, ego, recognition, biases, greed and self esteem.

I'm not going to ask for cash buyers, and I'm not asking for a mentor or anything of that nature.  

We've switched many properties to natural gas, savings are in the 60% range. 

I'm very business oriented too, and for most of us, I don't think it's in our nature to give something away that we've worked for.  

The tenants say that they paid a deposit but they could be mistaken as to the nature of the fees.