We still only stage for others when we have extra furniture -- while it is profitable, we would never stage our proects just to encourage other investors to try to hire us.I can imagine several scenarios where staging wouldn't be worth the time or cost, but we don't run into those situations very often.

Regardless, if someone was trying to keep the foreclosure hidden from the tenant, it would be difficult because the bank periodically sends a property preservation agent to the property who will knock on the door and speak to the tenant.I worked for a property preservation/ asset manager a few years ago hoping to get leads and was encouraged to make contact with the occupants whenever possible.

We encourage you to ask questions, take notes, and call us in the future if something else comes up.

They've made it into a widget, if you will.They do not encourage their clients to flip properties, but use a short term by and hold, cash flowing strategy on assets with a huge future upside, like mine shown.Strongbrook owns the Real Estate Company, the Mortgage Company, the Property Management Company, has licensed insurance agents, and access to 3rd party custodial agents that can assist with self directing 401ks or IRAs.

Thank you for the encouragement!

Before its rescue-sale to Bank of America (BOA), Countrywide was the largest mortgage lender in the United States.Countrywide became a “leader” of sorts in the lending industry, according to numerous lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice, by adopting reckless lending practices, encouraging fudged loan applications, and violating appraiser independence in order to gain market share.

Having access to MLS and being sirrounded by real estate will encourage your investing .

I would encourage you to consider product at a different price point in order to find more motivated sellers.

I would encourage you to try and find private sellers being that the MLS is really competitive right now and everything in my market is going for 5k-10k over list price.

However, I would encourage you to get very specific as to your expectations and attempt to put aside all of the emotional stuff as a distraction to your objective.