Study foreclosures laws in your state.The above is the first semester aw SWU.The up-coming in field classes at SWU will be;Tax sale certificates and tax sale pouchingPower prospectingContract EngineeringNegotiating with with sellers, buyers, trustees and lendersHybrid Offers and Joint VenturesPublic auctions and creative financingYou can go broke taking seminars.

If I may say: You may also want to check-out other counties in California that may have more properties to your liking (those not in desert-like zones)--or try other Tax Deed States as well, or a Tax Lien State where you can at least earn interest on your money and if it (the property) is not redeemed then because you have a "priority" Tax Lien Certificate on that parcel, you can foreclose on-it--getting the property Free & Clear.

Replaced it and sistered the joists and certificate signed off that it was good to go.What was the original list price?           

I appreciate that they are supposedly so thorough with their certifications that an investor doesn't need to verify everything, but any real estate investor who gets into the belief that they should just trust other people is setting themselves up for extremely high risk in my opinion.

Need for immediate gratification often leads to investment disaster.If you want a safe, monthly return, by a certificate of deposit or treasury bill.If you want greater return, with greater risk buy a performing mortgage note, or invest in a note fund.For an in between return with in between risk you can try REITs.Of course, limited knowledge and experience increases your risk of failure substantially.

We concerted the 1 bed to a 2 bed and got a lead certificate which cost us less than $5k in total work plus the tests.

@Josh HouserYou should have your attorney draft the contract for your contractors that include indemnification language and also make sure to have proper insurance language and get an insurance certificate

I am currently taking classes to become a licensed agent in Ohio, but need to find a sponsoring broker to take the test and get the certification.  

They have the original will and the notorized death certificate, but are having difficulties getting answers from the county.  

You can usually use proof of one class certificate for other cities.