I spend most of my time acquiring properties and fighting with banks to qualify for loans.

We have a lease template through our apartments.com account.

If you bought at tax foreclosure, you only have a tax title and will need to get quiet title done or find everyone with a claim and have them sign QCD to you.If bank foreclosure, you should have clean title.Start networking with wholesalers that cover the area and hope they can bring you a buyer that can make the numbers work.Your other option is to sell on 3-5 year land contract with a balloon due to someone looking to fix it up and live in it.

The idea is to expect a negative cash flow, however bank on the growth to achieve a good return.

We used a local bank with a construction rehab loan for a 1 yr interest only payments.

I have been looking at real estate from afar for a while now, not knowing why I haven't acted sooner.Yesterday I stumbled upon the Biggest Pocket podcast, bought David Greene's BRRRRR book (and stayed up til VERY late to read as much as I could), and today I decided to invest in a Pro account to further my education and start analyzing properties.I am currently in Orange County, CA, but moving to Illinois later this year.

There are a bunch of ways to fund deals, best of which are not traditional...When you have a strong network and the knowledge to process a deal in many different ways, your opportunities will increase.Since you're sitting on a bunch of capital, ever though about Velocity Banking your current properties debts to ZERO? 

It also have nice features to analyze your portfolio across multiple accounts you may have.

Here are some tips for networking and making the most of your account. 1) I'd fill out your profile fully before you do anything else!

I told the agent I may decide to finance (depending what accountant advises tomorrow) and what information I learn here.