There are lots of them and they have VERY nice cars for congregating around this virtual tear down.

You can't expect that someone charging below standard rates will provide above standard, or even normal standard, service.2) Nice turn over!

Blame the girls, tuition, and cars.

Network, social clubs, chamber of commerce, newspaper advertising , craiglist, car signs, Youtube, investor clubs, school board meetings, church groups, Personal lawyer, mailings, foreclosure lists, neighborhood door knocking, drive bys, grocery store bulletin boards, Trulia, Zillow, realtors, expired listings, RealtorTrac, FSBO, Garage sales, Open houses, Family reunions, Fire truck chaser, Funeral chaser, Floods, Classified ads, Apartment rental listings in newspaper, Current Tenants, Hud home auctions and listings, REO's, Real Estate auctions, Auctioneers, Appraisers, Relationships with Building code inspectors and others in office, Propertry Tax sales, Sheriff auction sales, Soliciting mailings to Probate lawyers, Real Estate seller lead providers, GURUS that have lead programs, Start an RE investment club locally, Hold seminars local on how to buy a home or sell your home. and on and on and on.

Raleigh, NC is highest on the list, but we are also considering Austin, TX and Denver, CO.We've been focused on paying off our school and car loans and are almost there, which will leave us with just our mortgage.

You'll find going for your first sale will slow down your training on other things, a reasonably stable yearly income level normally takes 18-24 months IMHO, becoming really good could take the rest of your life....

Is this a normal practice/fee?

I invest in tax deed properties in Ohio, which has a slightly unusual system in that if you 'win' a property at auction, you only have to pay a deposit on the day (usually around 10%), and the full amount is not due until the sale is confirmed by the court (ohio is a judicial state), which is usually a few weeks later.This is sort of like having a property 'under contract', when you would normally go off and try to get funding for the rehab / a buyer etc.

There was a long driveway which would have accommodated 3 cars, however, they had to have all been tandem.  

The following story involves a bank owned, 3 bed, 1 1/2 bath 1 car SFR ranch with full basement, 1200 sq. in the beautiful Poconos.