When I mentioned that having a government agency as a tenant could be a double edged sword it was because I had a deal where the one and only tenant was the Social Security administration.

This has of course let to social engineering of the lending system (quotas, low income credit access, etc.), which has distorted the system, removed the systems ability to take a loss and adjust, and led to the wonderful state of quasi governmental ownership we are in now.

The property is still in withdrawn status btw.

You will be flocking at social functions in the future with your peers.

I actually wrote a blog post about this... check it out (it's in my status).

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While yes, 150+ deals definitely qualifies you as "experienced", I think you've earned your way out of the newbie status once you've closed at least 25 - 30 deals.

The MLS listing generally gets pulled first by the realtor, and then it will either automatically cascade to be removed from the other sites, or the realtor may have to remove it manually.You can always call the agent who had the listing and ask the status of the property.

When performing Due Diligence on a prospective investment in this case a Mortgage Note.. what questions are we looking to answer other than maybe status of title and estimated value of the physical property?

It can also include doing some search engine optimization, and social networking.