I would also add real estate and bonds to the list as well.I think we are in a deflationary environment (i.e. too much debt and excessively low interest rates) and expect the value of most asset classes to fall over the coming few years.Like you, I'm saving my cash and hoping to buy my first rental property when prices come back down.Best of luck with your investments!

Fueled mostly by our enjoyment of renovating and turning a dump into a diamond as well as not enjoying the pressure applied by the recession!

This is more of a "pre" success story...I've been fueled with new found inspiration from fickle investors!

Should a bid be received by a third party in excess of this amount, the third party would win the bid and get a trustee deed evidencing ownership after paying the trustee with certified funds.

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[Because unless/until she does open up to being comfortable borrowing, it means she's NOT interested in "BIGGER pockets", so can't really be helped from this website].After all, if she had bought an equivalent Duplex YEARS ago to the one she can't now seem to find a Lender for (ie. if she had created credit like "normal" people and borrowed between 75% and 96.5% instead of worrying about obtaining six figure savings first), it would likely have been a lot cheaper then (so maybe could have been paid off by now anyway - or, excess income could ALREADY have been invested).

Couple things to think about with regards to spreading people out from city centers:Even if the 2 hour commute is tolerable/desirable etc, there is still fuel/electricity that has to be spent during that ride.

We are developing a Commercial project next door and this is excess land that isn't very attractive for other commercial tenants due to the layout.

Both of these are like slightly less well off continuations of their neighboring suburbs, and don't have excessive amounts of blight or crime.2) I'd recommend a single family for your first investment.

Their contract stated that they needed my go ahead to spend anything in excess of 100$.