Instead, they use their experience in the market and the current economic environment to determine the value of your property and formulate an appropriate asking price. 3.

Our max will be 90k, as that is a much healthier rent-to-purchase price ratio.

In this economic environment, it's all about the payment and how that effects the bottom line.Also depends on what you plan to do with the property.

Some homeowners insurers ask--considered as part of an overall environment of de-risking and responsibility.

Looking forward into a rising rate environment, what does the future hold for the buy-for-appreciation versus cash flow play?

residential housing historic rate of appreciation = 3 - 4% or same as inflation, (minus the bubbles) housing should follow an inflationary environment.

That's something I'm not interested in when there are so many other opportunities out there.In this environment where every mom and pop investor has run up the prices of everything out there, if you are dead set on investing in RE, I would look toward syndications, especially if you are an accredited investor.

Even more so now, in a cooling market when most of your investor competition gone fishin' and MIA thanks to current interest rate environment, and majority value-add multifamily's seeing higher DOMs and more leverage & negotiation power for your only (203k) buyer willing to step up to the plate :-)

I was curious if this should scare be off and if I should maybe think about a different method of investment or if anybody knew if it was possible to find good deals out here in a hot real estate environment?

Identification of property will depend on location, demographics, demand and the regulatory environment you will be facing.