The only wholesaling advice I've got to offer you is to ignore everyone who says it is the easy path to quick riches.

So is this a situation where if I know the property has an ARV of 400k, I could say something like "well a property is worth what someone is willing to pay, and I'd like to offer you $250,000 in cash, and I can close as quickly as you'd like."

I will continue to come here to get my questions answered and to offer my limited experience to others.

That is my #1 setback, getting the folks who own vacants, back taxes, phone information or current address or even any form of contact to offer a deal!

You can offer whatever you want to offer, but they don't have to take it, and if they've "approved" a price, that would normally only happen after a bpo, which means the bank believes the property is worth that "approved" price.

I’m currently reading/following the top real-estate blogs, a few books and studying/trying to figure out the best way to get into Real-estate Investing.Would love any advice/recommendations anyone has to offer on where I can learn more.Also, can anyone recommend any good real-estate clubs in the Southern California area that would be good for a beginning Investor.

He even agreed to offer the investor a concession of free management for 6 months.

We realize how hard usaa is to work with, but i thought BOA had streamlined the process to respond within 30 days to offer?

But, when and if we do decide to offer these services to outside property owners, this is how we are going to advertise our services.A lot of people on here will tell you to build a buyer's list by sending letters to cash buyers.

In the end, I decided to: 1) keep my condo, 2) improve it, and 3) invest in real estate in other markets to create alt cash flow streams.It is all enough to make one's head spin...In any case, SF has a ton to offer.