The second level is supply and demand: How many units exist, what is the trend of vacancy, what is the trend in concessions, how many are being built, how many are in the planning pipeline, how many new jobs does it take to absorb a new apartment unit, how available is land for new apartments, how difficult is it to entitle, permit and build in the jurisdiction.

There having "technical difficulties"for the last week almost.

Can you work in RE with bad credit, yes, but it is more difficult and it will limit your opportunities in many aspects of trying to do business.Are you good with people, can you approach a college professor and speak to him and gain his trust in what you are saying or do you have difficulties and only work orcommunicate well with just certain people, then do those certain peopleneed a property or own property to sell?

More scope for getting the rehab numbers wrong, risk of it not making it to 100K on the after rehab appraisal, and the possibility of difficulties getting a cash out refinance, which is harder than getting a straight up loan for a new purchase.

You may have difficulty in with an appraisal for financing, FHA will require it or something so that water doesn't pool or splash near the foundation.

According to a recent article in ‘National Real Estate Investor,’ many commercial real estate investors will have difficulty refinancing their maturing loans.

Take notes on matters concerning real estate sales, disputes.While you're there, ask for business cards of attorneys that seem skillful (but only ask in hall area).Day three: you now know more that you did on day zero.

Talk to a realtorTalk to a property management companyTalk to people at a local REIAI'm still looking at purchasing in Durham, but I check city-data.com, drive by, and ask people I trust at the TREIA group.Honestly, I think that its that difficulty in figuring out the bad from the good that makes Durham a good value for the local buy and hold investor that's willing to do research.

Chin up I suppose.The credibility is the part I am finding difficulty with.

The fact that you are having difficulty finding an attorney... maybe that's a good hint.