His knowledge of commercial real estate is very sound and he thinks like an investor.After that, you should be able to start searching in your particular market for a commercial RE broker/agent to find your types of properties.

If you're going to get into the fix & flip business, talk to a knowledgable attorney about the best entity to form.

Unfortunately, it's going to be tough to have such a limited role in the investment (especially with limited knowledge/experience) and still be successful on your own.

At the lower end the mistakes are not nearly as costly and the knowledge gleaned from those mistakes is very valuable later on.

I spend some time in KC and was told Lisa/Alpha Title on 20th and Main still did them but I dont have first hand knowledge Good Luck

To my knowledge there has never been a "cram down" reduction of principal amounts owed in any ED process, only through bankruptcy at the federal level.

One who's knowledgeable about real estate.Bronchick does run a REIA - CAREI - Colorado Association of Real Estate Investors, that has meetings in Colorado Springs.

With so many knowledgeable real estate professionals here, I feel this is a good place to solicit feedback on this important discussion.As a private money lender, we are always looking for trends in real estate so we can gear up our money sources to lend on new property types or project types.

I assumed it was public knowledge not to hide it but perhaps limit future losses.....but then again, it might not be so bad of a hit, I wouldn't hold it, but he may be happy to.

While a closing agent is not required to tell you everything they know, they do need to answer questions that concern you, so just ask...In this case however, the seller was your mentor, so you had knowledge of how the guy operated, at least the types of transactions he used and seems to me that in itself should have been fair warning in dealing with him in the first place.