I have found that many counties and cities have their assessing information online, so it may be just as simple to google the city, and find the info.

I'm thinking about the following1. form an LLC of which all owners are members and are all actively involved in the day to day operation of the business2. we make decisions together, though most of everything will be specified up front in the operating agreement (what we will buy, how we will spend money, and how we make decisions about when to buy, when to sell, etc)3. make sure to include clauses about "how people can leave and get their money back" and "how we can force someone out of the group" -- these will all be family/friends, but you really do never know what will happen with people and money.my questions are:1.

Its not very active as Probates isn't a sexy topic among many investors.

Unlike many private lenders we are also required to mentor "newbie" investors with regard to property suitability, and to pencil out their goals so as to minimize any risk of our client getting into a "dog deal".If you are active in my part of South Carolina I look forward to meeting with you.

I'll second the notion of getting active at a local REI Club.

Based upon this data we are looking at a projection of over 50 Major Disasters to hit the US by the end of 2006In addition, we are still recovering from fires in California, Colorado, New New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.Yet, we are still going to have to deal with past Hurricane damage.And we still face dry conditions in various parts of the United States that produce fires and we have yet to step into the Atlantic hurricane season that lasts from June to November, with the peak season from mid-August to late October.On top of all this over 350 tornadoes have been recorded as of April and this could be one of the most active and deadly seasons in historyFor more data see: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and To compare from 2005 to 2006 see: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/index.htmlAs an investor we are tough to research property titles, market value and market trends but one major area that is left out is storm trends.Why storm trends.

In short, it will cover a broad range of foreclosure consulting/buying and places restrictions on those activities.

Depending on the county and whether your state is a non disclosure state, but go to the county Central appraisal district, search by address or owner name and it should give you assessed value, owner, last sapes date and price etc.

Please stay active on the rehabbing forum with questions and experiences.I think that your strategy of flipping and putting profits into rentals so that you can pay all cash is great.

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