So, my first actions, as an investor newbie, are naturally to look for systems and tools that will make me efficient, accurate and timely in the execution of each of the many process steps between lead generation and cashing the buyers check.

I was just hoping to possibly create and strengthen relationships.As you can tell by the inquistive nature of this post, I was not sure of how I should handle this ambitious/foolish idea I had.  

She is also phenomenal at landscaping and building awesome gardens, stone walls and rock water features.

Being naturally curious.One of the other motorists was checking why there was a stoppage on the highway from the news.

I'd say don't rock the boat.  

I will need someone eventually that I can talk to about lease agreements with future tenants and things of that nature.

Some people consider "clean and orderly' to mean a natural meadow while others feel 3 acres of Kentucky blue grass is clean and orderly.  

hey community, a friend's father had a business that failed massively in the last 3 months. he just stopped paying the mortgage on his house. some of the business partners have liens against the property. my understanding is that if this were to just follow its natural course, the bank will reclaim the property, and it will go to REO. as a side note, the dad's strategy was to spend his remaining emergency fund on a trailer and to move out into the country, basically so that when whoever comes after him for money, he can show he has nothing left in any of his accounts. if it were just a matter of the mortgage payments, i would be very tempted to start paying them and pick up the house subject-to. the property is in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in all of asheville, and it's a nice home. however,  the liens present factors / challenges i just don't understand. i don't plan on doing anything with this necessarily, but with this particular bit of inside knowledge about the property, it seemed worth sharing to see what experienced investors here thought of it. 

I’m also a bit of numbers geek naturally so I try to break down things to the basic arithmetic most of the time.What I have found is that there is an abundance of talk in real estate investing forums or in REI clubs about certain aspects of REI (50% rule, construction discussions, LLC vs.

The same questions could be made about investors, agents, lenders, escrows etc... some will rock, some will suck.