last thing you want to be doing is selling into a market where you and your potential buyers can not get financed.I was working a short sale for me personally in Lake O with Silver falls bank.

Karnes County Oil Boom (Eagle Ford Shale), went from one of the poorest counties in the nation to one of the wealthiest due to fracking. 

They could be good Silver but if they do not require a lot of repairs because with repairs the chances of profit declines.

Hopefully this incident was a fluke.The Fallacy of Sunk Costs :cool: Although not quite enough to cut them loose, I'd be VERY careful to make it clear that this is not acceptable behavior and they'd better follow the letter of the agreement at all times.Poor tenants always end up costing you a ton of headaches and costs.Keep an Eagle Eye on them and show them who's The Boss

Here are some details: From Wendell De Guzman:Time of Event: 07/14/2015 at 06:30PM Location: Stone Eagle Tavern, 4680 Hoffman Boulevard Hoffman Estates, IL Fee to Attend: FreeI have been invited to be the guest speaker of the launch of NW Chicagoland BP Meetup group.

Silver Lake is certainly a popular area.

wether it be gold/silver other precious metals and stones, foreign currencies, stocks, investing in a small company, running your own business, how are you guys making your money outside of the 9-5 and real estate investing?

While I agree with Bill that there is no real true substitute for a knowledgable re investor, a well written program with proper info plugged in can certainly be beneficial to the investor, but nothing is the silver bullet.I have a program for my area and it is quite accurate when used by an investor with market knowledge.That said, this topic was not created to discuss the validity of said systems, rather, which were available for the TX market.

The silver tape is great stuff, not cheap but sticks and stays stuck.

You may get lucky and catch a deal on the front side and most of the time with ANY marketing technique you will need to consistently do it for possibly months to see results.There is not one "golden" way to find deals, but there are a couple dozen "silver" ways.