Once its been on the MLS for the required time, the investor will submit an offer to the lender and will, eventually, buy the property.More generally, short sales are heart breakers.

I want to make sure my materials are paid in full in case he has a heart attack, gets hit by a bus, goes to jail, cuts his arm off doing chainsaw art, parachute doesn't open, etc.

Hey BP,I'm currently a Junior at UMass Lowell studying Mechanical Engineering and Business, I live in the heart of the city in downtown Lowell.I see major opportunity in investing in Lowell due to the cities growth these past couple years.I have my RE license and have worked doing Apartment Rentals in Boston for 1 month this summer.I am currently trying to find work for a brokerage and had a couple interviews to find a position that would educate me about the Lowell market and investing in it.I'm wondering is there anyone here from Lowell that got any tips for me, stories, groups, connections, knowledge, etc.I read books about investing/real estate/business and try and educate myself about the subject whenever i have time but i am hungry to work and find a deal.I just started looking around for a deal now to bring to an investor, any suggestions for platforms for finding deals?

If you are faint of heart this is not the industry for you.

Stories and pictures like this just warm my heart.

I was just thinking about the heart of Madisonville and the places there.  

I'm a dreamer at heart, but a hard worker as well, it's stories like yours that prove that formula's DO work, and fear keeps you from jumping.

I am an entrepreneur at heart.

Nothing worked near the heart of LA where I work, but I was able to find a 4-unit property for sub-$500k in a rural area 50 miles out.

Where is the line between a money hungry investor and a landlord with a heart.