Bruce: Thanks for the tip.

Or course there is always a deal out there and people can still be successful in this environment but the days of finding a property on mls and having it turn to gold are over.

Has anyone been successful in going through the variance process and do you have any tips you can provide?

I am new in the real estate industry and want to see if you have any tips for a new agent, also any events or recommendation to start meeting people and getting more connected to the Real Estate world.

As for tips, I wrote an old piece with my best tips for property management for BP.

For those who have invested in short sales, bank owned or forclosures, how did you go about doing this and are there any tips or recommendations you can give?  

Any tips or resources to get in touch any of these companies, will be highly helpful. 

If anyone has any tips or specific advice for investing in the Dallas area, I would greatly appreciate it!

Looking forward to seeing other gold nugget replies. 

I generally use cash to invest but the real estate market is very depressed right now and my portfolio is diversified in BTC cryptocurrencies focusing mainly on gold short term trading on top of state metals