For the past many months, I don't know anyone with more than, say, $5,000 in idle cash who isn't using Treasury Direct to get 5%+ on idle money; pick your term - short (4 weeks) or longer (52 weeks). 

I picked a random date of 3/22/2010, and on that day, there were 21 courthouse foreclosures filed.I would expect the number of Short Sale (TAM) opportunities, today, to be practically zero.

I also called a house that's in my neighborhood with a for sale sign, didn't pick up the first time around noon, and I shoot her a text, didn't response.

Next best thing would be to partner up with a flipper and help get them deals.Best thing is to just pick one and go for it all in otherwise you get analysis paralysis.

Hello, I've been watching the multi tenant industrial market for a few years now, picked up a few. 

You're not picking stocks...this is far more hands on and nuanced than looking up stats on the internet.

For the price of courses, I pick up ones that appeal to me because I think that if I can add one thing from them it pays for itself. 

but again, recent changes in the market have made cash flow much tougher just about everywhere.i don't invest in Florida myself but I'd pick a couple markets, go to each one in person, and look at as many places as you can. 

There are also some good options just outside the Lake Tahoe basin that can offer year round recreation and 20 minutes to ski areas.

It is easy to pick up a traveling nurse for 1-3 months, but not easy to keep that going for 12 months.