Benjamin,Deal sponsor (AKA "General Partner", AKA "Lead Investor") is a person who finds a property, puts in under contract, raises money for down payment, signs for the loan, closes on the property, hires a management company to operate the property,oversees everything, and finally sells the property.

So many neighborhoods in Philly seem to be inundated wit investors.

If you make enough to cover both loans and still come in under DTI ratios, you don't have to have a signed lease or cash reserves.

Stick with standard ground shipping and after your proof is approved you should have your signs in under two weeks.

That is the bread and butter for a lot of agents so they just inundate FSBO sellers trying to represent them.

I own a triplex that is grandfathered in under current zoning- meaning that it's OK to continue operating as it's been, but if I were to scrape the lot and rebuild I could not put three units on it.

There's a reason some areas are inundated with foreclosures that are still available, and it's usually the local economy is still in the hole.

I know there can be more value in under-performing properties but I would only be interested in something along those lines if it was simple rehab needed to fill vacancy.ANISH TOLIA - Thanks for the note.

Ive heard stories of loan officers getting fired for a loan being paid off in under 6 months.

Working here, I regularly see homes go off the market in under a month, sometimes as fast as a week.