I discovered LeHigh valley after searching the Philly area and realizing that the rising prices were suppressing the cap rates.

Yes, sometimes you retrade and sometimes you find something and need to back out, but if you're working with realtors and only close 1/3 of the deals you get accepted, well, you are not going to be high on their list.When we're out making offers on REO's, we get about 10% of our offers accepted and we close on probably 90% (that doesn't include one's we immediately drop, say if we get two accepted on the same day but only have the appetite to buy one).

For instance, maybe you discover that the rents have not gone up in the past few years and/or they have been deliberately suppressed, for whatever reason.

Anyone have a good realtor in SA that caters to investors, or at the very least, has an appetite for working with an investor?

@Ryan Snelson In Texas the proper term for quieting the title is to try and suppress the title. 

We need MORE inexperienced people to enter the profession, with fresh eyes, eager minds, and an appetite for hard work.

It would be good to strike up a conversation there, and see whether their appetite for investment mortgages has improved since my last drop in. 

Because rates have been suppressed for 10 years, investors have lost the ability to accurately assess risk, and investments have been pursued that otherwise may not have. 

Although, as I stipulate, "someone's got to live there" and so it's not only the investor's appetite for risk but also the borrower's perspective on what is good.

.- You could suppress this number by increasing depreciation and maybe finding other deductible items, but that would not be a DIY project.