And then of course, you add a "personal umbrella" over everything.The issue that I learned years ago after becoming a real estate investor and after spending months searching for the "right" coverage and company, is that this leaves your personal assets wide open due to you commingling "business" activities with personal, creates limitations in the way a liability claim may be adjusted and paid and also doesn't even save you money.  

I bet you have never sanded sheetrock in your life. 

Message me (anyone) who is interested, and not AFRAID to 'test' and 'adjust,' as a (more) creative 'terms' dealmaker(s).

Hard to bet against appreciation of prime SF peninsula real estate long term.And most importantly - .....Go Giants

Adjusted Gross Income or Taxable Income?

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

He asks to look at my contract, which I give him along with my assignment paperwork, disclosures, and an amendment I used to adjust the original price on the purchase contract.After a day he gets back to me stating that his "attorney has advised that he make the offer to the seller and leave the name blank on the contract with his desired terms".

I don't know those guys (I stay away from gurus) but my money is betting they will tell you stuff that will get you in trouble, betting 2 to 1.

In other words, spend a few days on this site reading all you can and I'd bet along with buying J's Book you'll learn a lot more about RE investing than you can learn from any guru, whether they want $1,200 or $25K!

I'll bet good money that there are more than a few similar listings on the MLS where financing would be more welcome, and there may also be seller financing opportunities that make good sense that are less risky than financing auctions.