The east bay and north east have expanded tremendously and south of the bay in the Garlic capital of the world, Gilroy and Morgan Hill have seen a lot of expansion with some serious appreciation even in the last year or so.

The bottom line is being a locator is a tremendous opportunity for many individuals.Typically, locators fall into one of four categories.

Let me *try* to clear up the difference in opinion here, at least as I see it...It sounds to me like MikeOH and Bryan are arguing the same point, but their actually talking about two different things, and both things are tremendously important.I think Mike's point (and if it's not, I apologize) is that the "50% Rule" is a great tool for a first-pass approximation of whether an investment is likely to be a good deal.

I hired a contractor to replace them with Revere windows (18) which helped tremendously with noise (faces a very busy street) and energy.

There is a tremendous turnover as some newbies lose interest, others pay too much for a property and fail, and yet other newbies come in to start their search for riches.Your job at the REIA meeting is to determine who the SUCCESSFUL investors are and make friends with them.In EVERY market, the vast majority of properties, including rental and other investment properties, are bought at retail.

Welcome to BiggerPockets.Yes this site is a tremendous resource.

Took one year to sell and wound up with enormous expenses and a "tremendous loss" in value.

And it's tremendously frustrating.

In my area there is a tremendous amount of good property for sale.I need to find more section 8/voucher/subsidized tenants.What is the best way to find them?

This month there are a tremendous number of units available and rents seem depressed.