Just like growing palm trees in Alaska is not a good investment.

I have also seen 400 units sell out in days and there is nothing but trees and there not starting for 2 years.....Just like the last deal I work on the condos were $170K with 20% down payment and all that was there was trees and no road, ele, water, gas and so on, but 10 months later the trees were taken out (price now 200K) 3 months later ele, water, gas are there(price now 214) now the road is in 1 month ago todays price $240K with 25% down payment at the end of the development the property will sell from $300-$320K all within 18-20 months.

To me, I wouldn't want to pay that to Money Tree.

I know there are areas in California that prohibit you cutting down trees, they are protected.

- Example: say I have a tree that is rooted in my yard and I hang a birdhouse off a limb that hangs right over my neighbor's property line.

Purchase or rent land and develop tree fern export projectI.

Door knocking is really not my cup tea though.

I suspect investors don't get drawn in as much by imagining themselves drinking tea in the nicely decorated living room because they don't plan on living there.Anyway, as a user (and believer) of staging in the past, I'm happy to help answer any of your questions from the consumer side.

lot going on in this post.first, no way will you get a 5.5% on a non occupied investment property.(2) you *may* end up with positive net income on the property without having the mortgage writeoff - this means a visit from the tax man. as an investor, the "write offs" or tax deductions you will receive, if your business entity is structured correctly and your CPA knows what he/she is doing and you keep tabs on it, will far exceed any write offs you will earn anywhere else...look at it this way...IF...you HELOC...taking 100k out of your property...now you've got 100k to invest in an reo or other distressed property - CASH...real estate is about leverage...but with the CASH purchase, it frees you up to do many different things down the road...IF...you "buy right" (below market value > 30%) - combined with the CASH purchase, you'll create a return on your investment that is EXCELLENT.if you took an arbitrary 100k (from anywhere, say it grew on a tree) and you stuck it in a savings account earning 5% (which is a lot for a savings account)...compare that to the 20% return you'll get off the monthly cash flow from a good rental...not to mention depreciation..and future leverage options available to you through this investment...the returns just compound.now this all deserves a qualifier...we don't know the specifics of your current home, your finances, what you owe on it currently, other debts etc.all that must be taken into account.

Or maybe something like lending tree?