Bryan, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a book that gave predictions in this type of market.

Research your state laws as to whether you might be able to press criminal charges.Here in NC I can for certain intentional damage.And while the only time I have collected money in a civil action is when I have lease guarantors, I still make it a policy to take all sinners to small claims court.Costs me $75 and my time, but my satisfaction is knowing that no decent LL who checks their record will rent to them going forward.

Check out the press release: BiggerPockets: Building Real Estate Investors For Six Years and CountingIt has been such an incredible experience for me to watch the site grow over these past 6 years.

Why is it, that after reading page 1 and then I press the icon for page 2 it takes me to the BOTTOM of page 2 instead of the top?

Sorry to my libertarian friends on here but running as a Libertarian is a great way to make a lot of blog press and lose elections.

The seller wants the money the 20% down.You will be very hard pressed to find a lender doing a second to an owner financed note.Especially if you have limited experience in owning apartments and you have no other collateral to back it up.The increased risk will make the second loan almost like hard money rates.What I would care about in this situation is how long have those tenants been there (years)??

I got some great quotes (an awesome photo as well), and two other BP members, Charles Perkins and Joshua Marks were able to share some fantastic tips and insight from a Tax and Legal perspective.Repeat home buyers fuel housing recovery - CBS NewsThis CBS News Marketwatch article takes an in-depth look at the recently released Joint BiggerPockets.com / Memphis Invest National Survey of Residential Real Estate InvestorsFinancing Handcuffs Real Estate Investors - The Niche ReportYet another industry publication that explores the data presented in the BiggerPockets.com / Memphis Invest study.Check out the articles above and all the other great recent press we've gotten and please do share these.

Laminate is basically ground cardboard pressed into boards, then a picture of wood is "laminated" on top of the board.

You can then press them about specifics to the locality.See you around!

I really believe that better press, increased dialogue and sponsorship—from angel networks to corporations—is the key to establishing a strong women’s network.And from seeing what the fabulous female entrepreneurs (Sandy Lerner, Cisco; Kay Koplovitz, USA Networks) are doing out there, that change is happening right now.Let’s discuss, I would love to hear what others have to say about these statistics.