Also helps if you have “crystal clear criteria” and can get an offer out within 2 days of it being listed

Read 5 or 6 books (some from Bigger Pockets) and spent hours and hours looking at deals and listening to podcasts before I identified my personal investment philosophy and my CCC (crystal clear criteria, thanks Mr.

I know no one has a crystal ball, but as a cash buyer as interest rates rise do you expect the market to cool off a little? 

Investment Info:

Condo buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $117,000

Cash invested: $28,000

This is my first investment property. Looking to repeat and multiply.

What made you interes...

No one has a crystal ball, so saying that your current property will continue to appreciate over the next couple of years is pure speculation. 

I understand that no one has a crystal ball.

The issue I see is your loan officer doesn't have a crystal ball and neither do I, but it's bad advice to give to tell you to just refinance in a year. 

At this point, this is a retirement diversification move for us to try and have some extra passive income when we retire in 13-15 yrs.I guess the big magic crystal ball question I have is, how can I best assure (in an unsure market and world) that my offers aren't too high and I'm not overpaying for my local market, and won't wind up upsidedown in value? 

Quote from @Crystal Smith: Quote from @Robert Jordan: I've been studying Real Estate since 1998. 

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