Unlike many private lenders we are also required to mentor "newbie" investors with regard to property suitability, and to pencil out their goals so as to minimize any risk of our client getting into a "dog deal".If you are active in my part of South Carolina I look forward to meeting with you.

I'll second the notion of getting active at a local REI Club.

If investor A (the other guy) is MAXIMIZING his profits, you can bet that investor B (that would be YOU), is NOT.After you've read and understand all of the above you'll have the answer to your question.Oh yeah, don't go into deals more than 30 minutes from your home.all cash

Your best bet for a HUGE home run deal is to find it yourself, not in the MLS.

Based upon this data we are looking at a projection of over 50 Major Disasters to hit the US by the end of 2006In addition, we are still recovering from fires in California, Colorado, New New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.Yet, we are still going to have to deal with past Hurricane damage.And we still face dry conditions in various parts of the United States that produce fires and we have yet to step into the Atlantic hurricane season that lasts from June to November, with the peak season from mid-August to late October.On top of all this over 350 tornadoes have been recorded as of April and this could be one of the most active and deadly seasons in historyFor more data see: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and To compare from 2005 to 2006 see: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/index.htmlAs an investor we are tough to research property titles, market value and market trends but one major area that is left out is storm trends.Why storm trends.

In short, it will cover a broad range of foreclosure consulting/buying and places restrictions on those activities.

Please stay active on the rehabbing forum with questions and experiences.I think that your strategy of flipping and putting profits into rentals so that you can pay all cash is great.

I am an active duty Marine.

"For Rent" sign in front yard (I get a lot of activity from this cheap advertising method)2.

Because she was former military herself( I'm active) I guess she felt comfortable enough to tell me she had filed bankruptcy and was getting moved because she knew they would be giving her a date soon.