Do the math on a napkin to see what kind of profits are realistic.If you play Cashflow 101, (if you don't, find someone to play the board game with) you'll see that the opportunity is a 50% discounted house that you can turn into a rental ONLY UNTIL YOU CAN SELL IT OR PULL THE EQUITY OUT TO BUY A BIGGER DEAL OR MORE 50% discounted houses.  

Contrary to most investors here, I tend to play the capital appreciation game.

My ultimate goal is to move my family to San Diego and focus my career on real estate investment and development.Aside from real estate, I'm an avid Blues fan and musician, and dream of achieving financial independence through real estate so I can play the Blues to my heart's content! 

I kept trying to play the "put yourself in their shoes" scenario; he would be furious.

Hi all,For those that get some of their properties on the MLS, I was wondering what your conversion rates were as far as # properties you see physically, # properties you put verbal or written offers on, and ultimately # that you end up acquiring.The limiting factor I've run into is the time commitment for my agent (not my own time but my agent's) to play the numbers game.I'm curious how others work around this and what strategies they use to make a short list to make the conversion rate a little better.

(Which I would use a portion of to go found a deal) or rather I should play the bank and sell it through a title company and get the long term cash flow.

I also believe you can get a second FHA loan if relocation is in play. The

I know the best put as much as you can but if you are trying to keep cash in pocket, what would be the minimum to play the game safe?

The city is where problems with security come into play. The

Then the goal is to play the follow-up game!!!