As investors we need to keep the basic rules of investing at heart and not act in fear.

I have a guy in my area that will pay me up to $1,000 per short sale lead, I have to get their basic information, which requires meeting with them mostly, bank contact and balance owed, etc., and he won't deal with war zone areas or condos.

This usually occurs on the Court steps.

I have been a Title Examiner and Director for over 7 years now handling many of the title processes from the basic re-fi's, to purchases, short sales, HELOC's, and reverse mortgages, taking loans from what we like to call 'from soup to nuts'.

Marketing by direct mail allows you to do this as well as to establish a relationship with the prospect before they even meet you.The basic principles of direct mail are simple.

The direct subway stations areas haven"t changed much but the city has put forward a plan to stimulate construction of some 900 units at one of the stations, and the other one has about 700 units wich will be developped next yearNow the city is starting to build a new City of Knowledge" wich is basically going to be University campuses and Education facilities for a few blocks, and all that is beeing built about 500 meters from my building.

They should give you a basic understanding of how foreclosures work.

I'm sure this site will be useful as I take more time to use it.I'm most interested to see how other landlords around boston have dealt with the hostile courts.

Of course a Note is Notarized, but I like documentation, documentation, documentation.....To me it's the only thing that helps you in court, plus when someone is borrowing from you, and they know you are documenting the heck out of everything, doesn't that tell them that certainly you will follow through with foreclosure if necessary, and that its' not just an empty "threat."

I can do basic Vietnamese but what I can’t do is hold a personal conversation.