The bigger companies tend to do more research and are more slow and methodical in their decision making process.As an example for retail even if you get Starbucks wanting to go on a retail site from the first time contacting it can be 6 months or longer before they open in the space.

@Jim Hendershott my name is Terrell johnson I'm the owner/operator at dcm contracting service I'm licensed and insured my prices are very competitive, I have a very extensive renovation portfolio please feel free to contact me via Facebook Terrell Johnson because this site won't allow #'s to be posted.

Yes, you need cash and a very good site to get all the details on the upcoming auctions, and lots of title reports too!

The college has been approached by multiple interested parties but no one has followed through to date.

If you used a template for your operating agreement from LegalZoom or some other such site, be prepared to have him rip it to shreds because it is probably pretty crap.

some contracts have a fee that says if u dont close on said closing date, it XX amount per day u til you close. you could also just say u broke the contract, keep the EM and DD and relist it.

I'm a newbie investor as well but let me know if I can ever help with anything.I'm sure you've already done this in terms of repair costs but if you haven't ....I have found great sites on Google that estimate local costs. 

I frickin love this site.

Some options there are to One:  follow properties posted on various sites and follow the posting back to the listing company and ask how to register on their list. 

About 60 people attend on average and there are no sales pitches allowed, just information and networking.Another great one is ran by Propelio who do sell an investor site and have vendors show up but are mainly a networking hot bed.