@Peter Grote@Pete Perez@Ruth BayangI am sorry to say this, but I think the deals that are distributed in Tacoma, Olympia and Seattle south-side are piece of crap.

I'm here to shake hands with the greats, to learn from the best, and hopefully carve out my own little piece of the mountain. 

I'm so glad there's people out there doing the same thing; helps me not feel like I'm overambitious and actually have a chance at success.

One piece that might make a difference is if you're paying the utilities (or utils included with rent).

I plan to take care of it as an act of goodwill since the tenant has been very good and self-sufficient, but I don't know if it's actually a problem that I'm responsible for.

$18,000 was the amount I wanted the foreclosing "bank" (it was actually an oil company) to pay me as a settlement in order to not contest their redemption rights.  

After approximately 8 months with both of us working full time and with the funds from our house, we had enough saved up to finally close on 2 properties in downtown Denver (we actually built these on foreclosed land, probably more suitable for another post).

I was wondering, do you only approach the deals you would actually be interested in?

The rule is actually that you have 180 days or until the date of your next tax filing.  

Hi I'm working on a project and I need to have a physical survey conducted where they actually mark and map the property.