You can barely rent a decent little house in my area for that price and Al Pacino is nowhere near!

We started paying as we went but then we decided it was better to save it up in a high-interest-baring savings account and for every $5000 we'd save, we put it into a 3-month CD.

Rob, Being able to finance up to 75% is good in this market....a lot better than most hard money lenders I know (who are barely surviving).

Some of the hard core investors may not agree - that is fine.For the first vacation property in each geographical area - I agree with you.Adding a second or third in the same area, however, bares further thought as per some of the posts submitted here.

Several people have provided great feedback here and given some solid strategies that anyone can use in their business.I for one, know of several people who solely use the internet for their lead generation and they can barely keep up.

It looks as though it started in the kitchen or bedroom on one side of one of the apartments, and kind of spread out from there (the other downstairs apt. barely got any .)

I have never tried to put together a subject to so bare with me...

We got our full amount... and quickly.Like Michelle Obama said, it was barely enough to afford a pair of earrings.

Cap rates are barely useful to a real estate investor other than a very initial analysis.

AND 8 MONTHS AGO, I BARELY KNEW HOW TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB.