People call me all the time and ask what my qualifications are.

The other thing is to determine if the author of any technical subject is actually qualified to give instruction, being successful doing XYZ and making a million means it worked for them, not that anyone else can duplicate that nor is having made money any qualification to actually teach others.

I am having trouble defining the "like-kind" qualification as part of the 1031 exchange.

Keep in mind you don’t really care about the list that you send, you care about getting the name, phone number, and buying qualifications of responding buyers.A real life example.1.

What they can do is lend out on local properties that the other banks might not touch and also will ease qualification requirements on borrowers some.

Bill Gulley-I have my clients use an investor qualification form that asks very specific questions of the potential investor.

I recommend to my investor clients that they talk to a lender or mortgage broker to get pre-qualification, or better yet pre-approved, before they submit a purchase agreement.

And yes amenities are considered as well, not pools or spas or weight rooms, LOL, fridge, stove, A/C and type of heat....And your qualification % are HUD guidleines @ 30% and 10@ with usual circumstances, like additional handicap accessible amenities required.

My gut feel is that in many areas the "inflated" housing price portion due to easy loan qualification (low doc, stated income, bad credit, etc.) has been squeezed out and that prices now reflect what people will pay who have and are willing to pay all cash.

I wrote the note for our local HfH affiliate with no interest and did the qualifications on the finance side for clients.