… Chip in and help support this valuable information source… whatever you think it is worth to you… If you only can donate $5 that is ok… But you ‘Bigger Players” (“Bigger” no pun intended) should step up a bit!

You can also go to your local bank,open up a cd with about $1000...borrow against it and make on time monthly pymts.

I already started investing in cd's, and money markets but that is not doing it for me.

Even then, you shouldn't consider them free, because you could put that money into a bank CD and earn 4-5%.

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Also, shift 3/4 of the funds into a short term high yield CD account.

Ron, there are so many hundreds of investors in eastern Massachusetts, that to my knowledge, there are not just a few dominant players.

Recently online poker has been shut down to US players and is having legal issues so I have retired from that and don't consider it a fixed/stable income anymore.2) Land contract.

Most of the big players in this market have large portfolios in many states.

My quad's come out to 64,000 a door for 850 to 950 a month in rent on my apartments.I don't look at it only from a cash flow perspective however.The area I have the buildings in is an A location prime for redevelopment down the road.Mike it sounds like your local market is competitive with investors and your margins are thin.On one hand it is good to be in a thriving market where demand is strong because usually supply is lower and the amount of rentals and new development for multifamily cannot meet demand.This helps rents grow at a rate that outpaces utility increases and inflation.The downside is it can make some investors overspend on a property because they feel good about the market.I looked for over 2 years before I bought something.I said many times those buyers were nuts.I tracked the properties and many investment properties after purchase just 1 to 2 years later went into foreclosure.They bought at such a price that it wasn't sustainable.I look for a 10 CAP or better on my purchases.The problem is if you someone who has only gotten 1 percent interest off of a CD or Treasuries or they have gotten beat up in the stock market.Those types of buyers jump up and down to get a 7% annual CAP return beating out your offers everyday of the week.By in large many buyers like this can be lazy.They only look in the MLS for listed properties.Value can be found marketing to sellers that are not on the market.They don't want to make public all of their problems ( I know it is common knowledge of default at some point but this is their mindset ).