Caitlyn, I have read your posts and wondered if you are a shrill for some Speaker or if you have just taken the chum, hook, line and sinker Go read the following books: Benjamin Graham's classic, The Intelligent Investor Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ...

I know you mad at the guy.

Verizon and ATT/Cingular require a driver's license, so there goes your anonymity.Tmobile is expensive.

I concur,get a dehumidifier.we have those run all day long up here when its 20 below,,,its called a furnace,,burns moisture out of the air like mad.

I want to see very juicy cash-on-cash returns on RE investments.Now, given that long term Cash-Shiller data shows inflation to be the ONLY driver of house prices besides changes in lending policies, you'll likely get this amount of appreciation and more.Don't get me wrong, I have RE investments.

On the other hand, maybe the terrorists are just mad because they don't have "free" healthcare.

You underestimate the madness of crowds and their greed.

I started out wholesaling junkers to other local investors by driving close neighborhoods for vacant and run-down houses, knocking on neighbors doors and searching courthouse records to locate owners.The secret here, is to warm up to the owner but not being afraid to make an offer that you think will make them mad.

Just keep in mind they aren't mad at you, they're mad at the situation they've found themselves in.

Originally posted by Account Closed You should have come to the last East Bay Sunday meetup, it was all about OOS, but the presenter shared that cool litmus test above (where you invest passes with flying colors btw) that kind of guts the standard "turnkey provider" model.Another market not far off, Stockton, same test as above - steady income (rent increases will likely at least track with inflation, if you zoom out to the 10 yr horizon), gradually increasing population (a driver of asset/home appreciation, 10 yr horizon), 2-4 unit properties still affordable.Do it for Oakland and obviously you will see incomes through the roof, population gradually increasing, but sticking point will be the prices present a barrier to entry that not everyone will be able to handle.