I trade a few messages with a specific person.

You two should connected and trade notes.You can search for him by his ID or just search for all people in HI.

This includes vacancies.Many older investors in CA when I lived there had built up a portfolio by keeping the prior family home when they traded up.

It is fun and I still trade just hold longer a month or two.

I would LOVE to get into a 20 unit, but I have not learned enough tricks of the trade in "creative financing" to pull that off yet.... down the road, I hope so.

Having said that, almost every single trade can be broken down cost wise on a per sq ft basis.

Just like any other bank deals you cant get much of a deal that will be considered a steal on a short sale from a bank. they have guidlines they follow and if it makes sense for them to take to REO so they can net more that what they will do. most short sales now these days are trades at FMV or even above that since there can NOT be much of a discount negotiated.

I was looking to trade my resources for your knowledge and build a strong professional relationship...

I dont recommend doing a CMA that the computer spits out because of too few datapoints.The rest of your plan sounds good and I dont think there is a shortage of houses in your area to keep the plan going.BTW some other options are Trading your property for someone who is having trouble managine small apartments, Exchanging property, O.F. with large down, getting rental commitments but not signed and appeal to commercial buyer, or Lease Option.

(deceptive trade practices act)Sucks in the market conditions.Too many greedy folks screwed the pooch.