If I was going to buy out of state, I would rather go to the FORMER bubble markets that have crashed (AZ, FL NV), get in below construction costs, get cash flow with low property taxes (NV/AZ have low property taxes...FL does not), and take a chance that they recover at least back to a little ABOVE construction costs.

That does not sound like the next great silver crash, yet.

Not sure exactly what year it was, but also remember my husband upset that he had made more that month in the stock market doing no work than he did working for 2 weeks of his vacation to buy the house and turn it over, so that was an aspect at the time as well, although if I remember the market only lasted another 6-8 months before crashing, while our rentals held their value.

While my situation is running smooth, I have seen some very chaotic and unpleasant dealings with family owning property together.

I think if you are investing in real estate, you can still be looking for a quick buck, but you understand things can take some time to develop. compound interest is very powerful and if you are not in it for the long term, you will likely not be too impressedPeople are too emotional and probably log into thier stock market account too often and play off of those emotions. i am no different, but my stock market preference is dollar cost average for the long term. i do this through index funds and mostly retirement accounts. the stock market is at all time highs and while it had a huge crash, most people got scared away. as the stock market returned, people statring talking more about it. as warren buffet says and this goes for any investment. people want to buy clothes, cars, ect.

The berkshires really didn't boom in the mid 2000's and also didn't crash too hard either.

I have not paid for a mentor, but I have paid around 10,000 for a few bootcamps.I have not worked for a mentor for free, however if had it most likely would have saved me a total crash that cost me around 500,000I have mentored a few people for a "fee"Fellow 1. 2,500 per deal up front, I find the deal we use his lenders money, we split profits 50/50 on the first three deals.

The deal wasn't a great one as there were many complications, a crashing real estate market and then some unknown creditors appeared.

I got divorced around the same time and had to liquidate all my properties, luckily right before the crash, so I wasn't hurt too badly.

Here's my weird idea for ListSource criteria:SFRAbsentee Owner (out of state)40%-100% equity, with a minimum of 30k100k-400k current market value:: Last Market Sale Date - 2009-2012 :: <-- This is my weird ideaI figure since home values crashed 2009-2012 and they've come back up 30% in the last year here in Phoenix, some of the people with decent equity are those who have just purchased.