I build my programs and forecasts from watching and analyzing the large financial players, as they truly set the pace that then trickles thru, and that trickle thru gives time to position.

CD's.

Seems it would be good to always have a waiting list or pipeline to provide potential liquidity to your current investors.Obviously comparisons to equity market volatility and low bond/CD yields are your chief selling point, and are compelling.Very simple really.

Investors want a CD with a lottery ticket attached to it.

Spinning my wheels, networking with as many investors as possible, searching for the real deals, just basically putting in work and realizing it doesn't happen over night...For all the major players, the true investors: if you would please,enlighten me and all the newbies out there, what your typical day or week is spent doing...

The single family play is more the break even in cash flow (sorta like what you proposed) and hold out for equity appreciation, eventually selling it to cash out or cashing out on rents when you own free and clear in 30 years.I'm more of a cash flow player and thus look at multifamily houses.

If they're truly sophisticated, they'd look at a Yr 1 guaranty and conclude: "Ok, that's a nice little add-on of little value, since the chance of anything happening in Year 1 are remote, at best, but I'll take it, fine, and the other company I talked to didn't offer it".If industry players are so worried about these guarantees, it follows that many buyers are not in fact sophisticated.

I would suggest telling them you are a player in their market and you should meet for lunch to see how you can work together to make more coin in 2012.

Tape holding the CD door closed and his power cord was not working right.

I have a property that I would really like to sell on a lease option or contract for deed. My question is where to advertise this? I have put ads on CL in the real estate for sale category only to get a tepid respon...