Effectively, I do very little work for a lot of money.

Go do your first deal.Napoleon Hill said in Think & Grow Rich "Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetitions of acts of courage."

Depending on how aggressive you are this might actually be a more effective method of collection.

The truth of the matter is you can easily make or lose money investing in your own backyard as you can across city/county/state lines...What I will concede is what you are doing locally will not be an effective springboard for investing outside of your marketplace---the same things that you are successful at in your local business will need to be outsourced when you expand your geography.

I am an advocate of home inspections and, totally an advocate of learning what to look for yourself.

When I assign the contract full responsibility of it is assigned to the assignee:Assumption by Assignee: Assignee assumes and agrees to perform all the duties of Assignor in the Contract, which accrue and become due on or after the effective date.

SEO can take time to be effective, and it may be too long for you to wait.

At a minimum, it should start raise eyebrows that there are no set standards of effectiveness...no lessons learned that have been captured...from the thousands of existing HOAs that can be quite powerful in an individual's ability to own and use land.It's more of a curiousity.

That can be very cost effective if they know your focus and execute.

Can anyone point me to a great resource for really effective check lists or questionnaires when speaking to a motivated seller or looking at a potential property?