That discount as well as the vintage of the loans insulates the fund, in a sense, from fluctuation in market rates rising and falling.There is a correlation to investor desired returns and prevailing market interest rates and returns however in general the closer you are to market returns via market interest the more sensitive the investment would be to rate movement.  

With the pre-foreclosures, I will hit up every month since those are more time-sensitive. 

If you have cash buyers people will take a lot less for money now or they have a time sensitive issue and may lose everything, so you are still saving the day.

The demand for a corporate rental is a different conversation which is subject to local business, but two things here:1)  If the property is located in an area where only a handful of businesses would likely require its use, you are a lot more sensitive to local market pressures/economics compared to a place that is close, proximity wise, to not only multiples businesses which could demand your property but also multiple industries (Ie: tech, hospitals, finance, etc). 

There's definitely a price point sensitivity that may be making your townhome model so effective down there that would have to be compared to available options up here.  

Let me see if I can post the assignment contract and mark out the sensitive info.

*HOWEVER*, I believe that as an individual investor, you should be sensitive and humane in how you deal with your tenants.

Our site is super sensitive, because of previous spam attacks.

thank you all for your opinions but I see some are getting a little to sensitive so let me clarify this. again I'm not knocking any because if it wasn't for my realtor I wouldn't be getting the deals right. what I'm trying to get is a better understanding is if it's worth getting it at retail price.

It's important to do modeling and run sensitivity analysis to stress test your assumptions.