When people are fearful, the market tends to respond quicker than a "fearful" real estate market.

If I do have to sell, I can slash my price quicker than most because I don't have much of my money tied up. 

Lesson learned was as they say "Your Network is your Net Worth" If i had a good list of contacts I would have been able to save 10K in realtor fees, and potentially been able to close quicker.

Lesson learned was If i had a good list of contacts I would have been able to save 10K in realtor fees, and potentially been able to close quicker.

That usually helps get in front of the right lenders quicker.  

If it is a good deal, and you can lease it immediately, you could close quicker with the "cash" offer using HELOC, and get your lease started faster, so bringing cash in now. 

I expect this downturn to be quicker then 08 and the run up afterwards to be much more rapid.

all good in michigan, we are actually getting them back quicker. 

Real estate agents are okay to work with but sometimes all sellers agent want is for me to stamp permits on a job no one ever pulled them on so they can close quicker.

TYPICALLY forced appreciation is a much quicker and more powerful wealth builder VS monthly cash flow.