Has anyone else been involved in pre-development investing?

I'd fly or drive there, look at the property and meet with the involved parties face to face.Jon

In '2002 I found that my business travel had increased to approximately 80%+ and started contemplating my next career interest/move.In early '2003 I left the corporate world and got involved in the landscaping business, however this quickly turned into doing other types of projects for people and it led me down the road of providing value-added property maintenance management services.It's now going on 5 years in this business and although it's had it's ups-and-downs I have extremely enjoyed doing this type of work and helping others.

Firstly, there are rehab loans for primary residences that allow for the purchase price + rehab costs + up to 6 months of mortgage payments during rehab + closing costs to be rolled into the loan amount (and an allowance of 6% seller concessions too)...As to your mortgage lady, she might; 1) not know, 2) not care, 3) not offer a rehab loan program that allows for these features (although highly unlikely).

Once the property is an REO the trustee that was involved with the trustee sale is done with the file. 2.

I learned a ton about all the costs involved in investing.

First state with a bottle bill, first major metro area with an urban growth boundary (Portland), focus on green issues, right to die stand, exemption from the federal Medicare program so that they can factor in quality of life when deciding what is to be covered.OR tends to be split politically.

Got tired of playing landlord, and realized the big money takes too long to get, so I started up a new style of investing.My background is really in programming, more specifically web based application programming with databases.

Personally, I have his ebook and found it rather "skimming the surface" or wholesaling compared to other programs I've purchased.

Hey Everyone, I have been browsing the site for the past couple days and have been nothing but impressed by the wealth of knowledge by the members and am very excited about becoming an active member of the site.I am a single father that has been involved in some aspect of real estate and real estate investing for the past 6 years.