Get the names of investors (or their LLCs) that own more than 10 houses and search the county's real property records (not the appraisal district for taxes) under their name and find the bank that filed the deed of trust for their properties.

Jeffrey Mark - type in some terms regarding your question in the search function.

I've searched other forums to find advice on this but I'm still not sure where to start.

The key to the first call is determine if the are; 1) Interested in selling, 2) Determine how motivated they are3) Get an idea of the price they wantThere are plenty of people search sites on the net to help you find them.

Also, just search around the BP site, lots of great info here.

Use the search feature top right and read the topics at your leisure.Post your own topics to get involved.

From my limited understanding and searching around on google, it seems appraisals are mainly important when there is a loan of some sort involved.

We will group our hold properties in asset sizes that we feel comfortable in an LLC.I need some guidance on our flipping entities:I have searched, talked to a few lawyers and a few different investors and the best advice I have received (in my opinion!)

Take a look at my second post in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/70693-its-feb-2012-what-did-you-accomplish-in-the-first-monthAlso, do an Internet search for "ROBS 401k" for more info...

I have searched the forums and have not found this much specific to the nuts and bolts of Section 8.