Especially, if you're willing to be outside the beaten path.

Any of you live outside the U.S  or have experience on countries where the dollar stretches' the most, Im biased in Bolivia, SA, because my family is from there , im fluent in spanish and been visiting on/off since i was a child, longest time i stayed there was 1yr.

Left, Right or center...the facts are that it's HOT in many areas of the country.

Not sure i would put much time and energy into starting wholesaling bizz.. tough way to make a buck and being outlawed left and right across the country. 

My company, Rent To Retirement, does thousands of transactions annually with the largest builders in the country, and that is how we are able to take institutional type of discounts to pass that on to the individual investor in some of the best markets.

I think property values are fairly stable and cash flow is easier to find than many other places in the country.  

You don't say where you are, but for much of the country, larger sheetrock jobs run between $.80-1.10 per square foot of wall space -- that's labor and materials for hanging and finishing (ready for paint).

I am currently in the very beginning phase of my real estate investing path.

I have found it hard enough to get 1 line of credit, let alone 2 on the same business. 2nd line would need to satisfy the 1st for the lender to give it to me.Thanks for the ideas on equity partner - will be the path that looks most promising!

In many parts of the country a two unit building containing an upper unit and a lower unit is referred to as a flat.