Nice to see the "smart" money still having confidence, but unless you are already long property, this is mixed news.http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-onetime-housing-skep...

I think I'll stick with Smartbnb & Pricelabs for now but maybe add Ownerrez to the mix.

There could be a lot of reasons why they are adverse to using it; they want actual cash into the deal, don't want mix assets, too much hassle to babysit another property, etc.

what if a mailing campaign results in a mix of JR & @Brandon Hall response meaning you wholesale a house and keep a house from the same mailing campaign?  

There’s typically a good mix of attendees - usually one or more attorneys, a number of agents, many experienced investors, landlords, flippers, rehabbers, contractors, lenders, etc.

My broker sent me a really good deal that includes a few houses, a quadplex and 1 office building. The numbers look good but i'm worried banks will shy away from doing loans on properties like this...  how do banks lo...

Our strategies are a mix of buy and holds and fix and flips.  

If she is throwing money into the mix, have it titled in your name and give her X time to refinance, within which time if she does not/cannot you can sell and return her investment to her, minus any losses. 

I don't mean to go against the grain of those who are selling that idea - all I can say is that it did not work for me.So.......... back to taking seminars, buying cassette tapes and books - I wanted to learn everything I could about investing in real estate ---- so--I had to get money, working capital, and I needed to go on the cheap - A friend told me about cheap properties you could buy in Baltimore - houses for only $2-3,000 and many of them could be found at public auctions.After borrowing some money and getting some credit cards and a new job - one in sales - I was ready - ready to invest in cheap- junk properties in the City.And wouldn't you know it - I got lucky at my first auction and purchased a cheap house that was boarded up - Because of all those expensive seminars I enrolled in I WAS READY - prepared with my pry-bar, flash light, level, marble and probe - I decided to go to this building that was being auctioned the next day - I sort of removed some plywood and crawled through a window to take a look -Boy was I surprised - this place looked great - I later found out that the estate boarded it to keep squatters out.The next day - I was ready with my deposit and waiting for the auctioneer to start his melodious hypnotic chant - 5 bidders appeared but did not bid because they could not get it - I was the only bidder and got the house real cheap.Today as an auctioneer, investor and developer of commercial properties - if someone would ask my opinion on how to get started I would suggest ---Continue to study but learn how to cut through the BSGet a credit line Learn 20 creative financing techniques - no money down systems (that is none of your own money)Hang with a few successful investors and pick - pick - pick their brain*** Look at 50 houses in the area you intend to invest (not expensive, blue collar, mixed rental and home owner neighborhoods)When you are finished looking at 50 properties - you will be armed with knowledge that most agents and other investors don't have - knowledge of values -Keep a journal, put listings in it, write down everything the agent or owner says, keep a record of the cost per square foot - this will help determine values -Have agents send you expired listings - go knock on the door or send a letter to ask if they are still accepting offers on the property - Remember an expired listed is a property that failed to sell - the seller should still be motivated to sell. 

Pacolet Pointe contains an ideal unit mix comprised of 8 one-bedroom units measuring 616 square feet each, 4 one-bedroom units measuring 588 square feet, 16 two-bedroom units spanning 777 square feet each, and 8 three-bedroom units encompassing 936 square feet each.