All heavily utilize the seller finance techinic.

I really think this book leans way too heavily toward the appreciation side.

Until you get to know an area (from actually investing there), you'll have to rely very heavily on your comps and get many opinions from your team.Since it's very different working with an investor that a retail buyer, hopefully your sister-in-law has worked with investors - or reads the biggerpockets real estate agent's ultimate guide to working with investors found here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/24/real-estate-agents-working-with-investors/Ideally you'll want to find an area of the city where the average days on market for rehabbed properties is fairly low for a quick resale and there is a good spread between "wholesale" and "retail" properties.Good luck - let us know how it goes.Larry

Not super excited about being an absent investor, but Boston REI just doesn't make sense to me.Add to that the fact that MA eviction laws heavily favor the tenants (I've heard some real horror stories) and REI just isn't an option for me here in Boston.Anyway, @Alex T.

.$67 per door.Debt Coverage - 1.481 or 2% Rule - 1.86%50% Rule - 61.35% (Allocation to repairs is heavily conservative.)ROI - 8.62%CAC - 13.99%Vacancy for the apartments are near 0%.  

Posted this on Reddit, but would probably reach a bigger (no pun intended) audience.My Dad owns a home but has no intention on scaling his properties as he is heavily involved in his actual work as a minister.

They are so heavily watched and pursued.

I have been looking heavily at cities in New Jersey, Connecticut , and I could possibly stretch into Pennsylvania.

I weigh my property buy decisions heavily on what return I'm making on the cash I tie up. 

If that apartment complex goes on sale, will it be heavily discounted?