There are events and market manipulations that cause the market to lose confidence and corporations and fat cats to stop investing.The Fed raised the prime eight times in two years to dump a glacier on a red hot economy.

Tons of reading, lot's of books (my current fave is Long Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene, SO inspiring and information--dense!)

Since the "bonus" commercial cashflow from this value-adding is mostly profit, the ROI should be stratospheric, which also opens the door to refinancing and walking away with a fast fat check at the loan's close.The demand for this type of moderate housing stems from the fact that the county is going to be growing by at least 10,000 residents per year for the next 20 years (I think more), they'll all need a place to live and the established county policy is to channel much of this growth into the urban western county.

You don't want the agent to have fat-fingered 4 bedrooms when it's only 3!

The ones I stay away are fat talkative ones.

Unfortunately it was all a big fat lie..

I found a 12 unit that I am interested in, but am unsure about running it myself, so I contacted 5 local firms by email, 2 of the big local names included...only one response, and it turns out he's a BP member.Lotsa fat wallets out there...RE must be the place to be, there's so much money coming in that there's no need to answer emails or call anyone back...hmph...

I'm in escrow on a REO that initially requested (and received) Cash Offers onlyDeal directly with the Listing AgentPut a fat deposit downBeat the Cash Offer by a meaningful amountBe willing to release Financing/Inspection contingencies on a short time-frameBe ready with proof of funds, credit, pre-approvals etcWork with a lender who you know can performSay on top of third party timelines (ordering an appraisal, Prelim, getting loan approval, etc)

Now I have fat reserves, fat equity and don't mind purchasing with cash .I use private lenders vs commercial loans and you couldn't get me to blanket collateralize multiple properties if you paid me. 

@JD MartinBig fat no on that one Mr.