Also keep in mind that these sales are very popular for newbies who watch the late night informercials on tax sales.

@James ParkThis is very popular in our area.

In the kitchen we held onto a quite old but solid stainless steel countertop and added white glossy cabinets that looked higher end (these seem more popular over here than the US for some reason)

Contrary to popular belief a lot (not all) of section 8 tenants like and respect beautiful places.Most people are unfamiliar with most of these areas and are deterring potential investments from places that need it the most.

I can say that flat fee brokers are probably not popular with full commission brokers, so you'll hear all kinds of misinformation. :)

The market place on bp; other real estate investment websites such as connected investors, backpage, your REIA group & fb still has pull contrary to popular belief.

As a broker in one of the popular areas, Kansas City, I see several investors that start with goals of certain dollar amounts or percentage rules that get frustrated.

Around here, gas is as popular as electric - either/or.

She, or the guy that is buying the house, listed the house on the MLS for 550,000.00, with no information on the house, a ridiculous picture, and listed it in neighboring, less popular city, so there would be no competition.

I do not know how often the property will be vacant, but the property is in a popular neighborhood in Washington DC near metros and Amtrak.