Getting on ebay and doing relentless searches of what the suscessful people are marketing and how they do it would be a good start.

This is mostly for SEO, search engine optimization.

If you perform a manual search by choosing the county you want to search it's free.

FYI, there is a search function at the top of the BP page.

So you might find out what your competitors (title search companies) are charging.

Also, they are online but are also limited to street search only (no owner name) and make you reboot after 24 hits regardless.

I was thinking of the following business idea:I want to search my local area for apartment complexes that have unusually high vacancy rates and offer a service to them.

Josh,A bit of a tangent but in the spirit of networking like you encourage.When someone is new and they list a location in the subject they are easy to find.How does a new person (or someone who is not new to BP) search for people in a specific location?

Does anyone know if there is any other way to do title searches without paying $300 everytime you want to look up a property?

Ryan send me a email and i can send you my spread sheet for excell on how i determine a good buy that is in my search criteria, you can customize it to fit your buying needs. in general i'm finding that I have to offer about 60% below market value, which is hard to find a good home like that.