The houses in the neighborhood are selling from around $20,000 (greatly distressed) to $85,000 (well maintained)....I recently came across a house listed at $14,000 which needed about $18,000 worth of work to meet market standards...I was very interested in this property because my realtor said it could likely sell for around $45k after improvements....Unfortunately another investor had a pending offer on the property within 7 days of being listed...There are 4 other houses right in that area of the house that are highly distressed and abandoned...is there a way that I can contact these owners to buy the house before it goes out to market...this way I won't have to compete with other investors....I can find the owner information in the public records, but where do I go from there?

I don't see myself spending a grand for some stupid set up fee and hundred bucks a month to maintain it when there were a ton of flaws and problems associated with it.You can get your own website and tools to help you wholesale for the fraction of the cost of FS.

I want my offer to be right and maintain the relationship.

But most are fairly nice and have been updated and maintained.

Boeing maintains a couple of large production plants, an airport and numerous office buildings.Politicians love to tax and otherwise place controls.

I maintained a large balance with good benefits.

Personally, I can't think of any way to affect the global changes in this industry without devoting more time and energy than I believe it's worth.I would rather spend my time adjusting my strategy to focus on those areas that are most profitable at any given time, while still maintaining the work/life balance I desire...Again, just my opinion...

In my opinion, there's nothing to be gained from spending your life building something just to have more zeroes behind it or to give it to some bureaucratic fools who can't manage a lemonade stand so that's who inspired me and what keeps me inspired to keep going - maintaining the legacy and building this for something beyond myself.

Hard money is a business that I wouldn't ever want to delegate to some third party and it requires constantly sourcing new deals to maintain.

Five or more is commercial and you can often buy more commercial units for the same money as you would pay for a 4-plex.Some people like to buy 4-plexes only since they are small, easy to maintain, and (in normal times) easily financed with residential loans.