We all know that the bubble has burst in most places, but if the neighborhood you're planning on investing in is depreciating due to crime, neglect, or other external factors, you may want to reconsider your bid.

If you must ask such a basic question, you really need to reconsider your investment choices...

Deffenently helped my wife and I reconsider some things.

The current owner is underwater on the property and it wouldn't be a good buy and hold due to the amount of debt tied to the property.Although you make some valid points, I may have to reconsider with a possible sandwich type deal.

. , I am glad you have reconsidered your position on this.

Accessing value is as much an art as a science. 10% can certainly be explained to justify an offer and bringing up deficiencies with repairs along with reasonable profits for the project can go further.Wayne, not sure what you were getting at, net listing issues are certainly a concern for licensees investing on their own account in various strategies.Here, the requirement for disclosure is "upon the first meeting" you can meet someone and talk for an hour about anything, but as soon as real estate is mention, disclosure of being an agent/broker needs to be in the same sentence.As to TREC, I'm surprised that Texas is so consumer oriented with respect to RE considering their political business prone attitudes in other areas.

If less than 3.25x, then reconsider or negotiate a better price, as cash flow will be too tight.

Ben Leybovich thanks for the advice, I'll reconsider the license.

But its a good way to make contacts.I would reconsider condos and any property with an HOA.

The rule of thumb is that your purchase plus rehab must be under 70% of the eventual selling price.I think you need to reconsider your strategy.