The mortgage environment is in turmoil.

These goals are nothing more than reaction to your present environment.

Not only do I need the quick cash, but the confidence gained by completing the deal.I have a couple questions.1) In the current Real Estate environment, where are the best opportunities to find motivated sellers?

Lumber liquidators has unfinished oak for .99 an sf but if your enviroments humid or hot, or damp you NEED machined like above, this is thick real hardwood and those environments expand and contract it so much it is a nasty problem.PAINT TIP:Interior exterior paint king?

So here's the million dollar question--how does this recessionary/collapsing financial environment affect what you guys are doing with respect to RE investing?

Paneling is so dated looking but if it will save lots of money long term then I would absolutely consider leaving it up, which I had never considered until I read that post (the one where the poster said that tenants like to live in dark environments:))This is a lower-end building I should add but I still want it to look as nice as possible.Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I believe it is enough of a challenge to provide tenants with decent housing and a reasonable living environment.

Is it because you like the low cost of funds in today's environment?

In addition, private lending offers repetition in our current environment and probably will for some time to come.My wife and I have been loaning money to local rehabbers successfully as a part time business in the LA area for some time now.

Here's another potential dilemma: you find a tenant (may be tough with them going into a hostile environment) and then they refuse to move on time.