But here are some really interesting numbers...Ok so this one doesn't look too bad but notice how much more the townhouses and condos dropped in prices over the last downturn.2007 peak to now isn't so good...Before the 2007 run up to now is better, but even then, apartment condos performed the worse (so best case scenario, you have the worse performing asset type, worse case scenario you had a terrible return), and that's assuming you had nothing go wrong with the condo (special assessment etc)But benchmarks don't even tell the whole story, because if you had a specific condo investment, and you tracked it's value overtime, benchmark prices isn't the right approach as it evolves overtime (benchmark price is the price of a typical property generated at each point in time).

I believe these posts are influenced by the pay for education syndication model.

The first year is probably the most crucial year, as you will need to calculate the cost basis in your rental properties, which will influence your depreciation expense on Schedule E.

So at least for the listing agents this is what your going to see a broker representing a buyer generally will share their opinion IE that's a good one or that's a bad one don't buy that.

Hey Tony,None of those are bad options, honestly if you have paid off investment properties; the best terms are probably going to come straight from a cash out refinance.Line of credit is a good option due to only paying on what you use but if your planning to start construction immediately I would go with the cash out, its going to be less headaches as well.

Good idea or bad idea?

Since my portfolio is small, I imagine it shouldn't be too bad.

So, is wholesaling really that bad and a reliable means of investing in real estate?

The worst of them refuse to make repairs to 100 year-old buildings, creating a slum lord problem and giving all of us a bad name in the eye of the public.

People have bad experiences with HML because maybe the rep they were speaking to was bad at their job.