@Kenneth JohnsonTo invest in real estate, build a strong financial foundation, educate yourself, network, start small with house hacking, FHA loans, and savings, consider creative financing options, build sales and negotiation skills, and have realistic expectations.

Increase supply (or at least encourage development), and the prices will eventually come down (as we've seen in other large cities like Austin where the demand boom was followed by a supply boom - and now both sale prices and rents have gone down). 

Purchase price: $50,000 Sale price: $160,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven and Archie Raglin bought this Pleasant Hill property on Benton St for $50,000.

Typically, HUD charges a daily fee for extensions, which varies depending on the property type and the number of extensions requested.To request an extension, contact your HUD representative or the Asset Manager handling the sale.

As the tech sector continues to expand and bring high-paying jobs to the area, demand is likely to surge again.

Looking back, I probably could've added average sale price in the area.

Purchase price: $65,000 Cash invested: $65,000 Sale price: $170,000 rents for 1,800/mo

That not only considers the rental income, but all the expenses as well.However, when determining a sale price, that may not tell the whole story!

You can review all of the properties up for sheriff's sale through this link (https://salesweb.civilview.com/), but there is a lot to know about how it really works.

Heard the owner was interested in selling so I proactively reached out and secured the sale How did you finance this deal?