Heating costs go up in winter, as does electricity due to the reduced natural light and more people indoors.

I would love to meet and network to people in South Florida , and find a mentor or someone who has taken a similar investment route that I am doing from flipping to owning rental properties.Really just meet likeminded people. 

Some people are able to save money and budget and others are not really good at it.

Similar to what Patrick stated - most have ITINs and have seen a lot of loans like that and those are sold many times on secondary market. if not I know people who still originate I would say they are tougher to sell on secondary market but there are still buyersRe: jay comment - price of notes has doubled over past five years on many loans - especially defaulted or loans with some hair too them. 

Either way, there are several people who make this work all the time.

if you buy a random property on Zillow and turn it over to people you have never met, you will very likely lose money, get frustrated, and set yourself back.if you're serious i'd pick a market and plan on making several trips there. 

There's probably some people willing to lend that low but in all honesty; the ROI on a lenders time is not there with property values this low.

Starting to get competitive though for investment properties because of that reason you have more and more people entering the market from out of state.

People investing in Indianapolis have a far different strategy than people investing in SF. 

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