Formal rent surveys can be produced for a fee.

My rule is I try not to buy anything that will take more then 3K to make in produce cash flow.

I have looked at various businesses for sale in the local commercial investor publications.I know this is a real estate site, however, have any taken the journey beyond rental properties into buying other types of cash flow producing assets?

It appears to be produced by RealestateCritic.Not too complex and some interesting analysis if you produce reports.At the same time it seems to have a pretty static sense of a deal.

Can someone please shed some light on the scenario I have depicted below.I think real estate investment can produce incredible returns when your equity in a property is relatively small.

My real dream is to hold many income producing investments, and I am currently studying a "Carlton Sheets" home-tutorial I purchased back in 2001, (slightly out of date, bought it and let it sit unopened in my basement for all of these years) nevertheless, it is the new concepts that are educating me.

I then looked around and went to Top Producer for one of their template driven sites.The pros and cons you listed are correct.

I'm open to what I can afford at this point, and will produce some cash flow at this point.

I'm not going to get rich flipping them, but should produce a steady cash flow in the years to come.I called him back a few days later, asked him if he would/could provide some numbers to back up what he said because I was going to begin raising money.

Bidding blind will most likely produce a loss and put your further back than just collecting interest from a bank savings account.John Corey