I do work through a broker, Kevin Amolsch (who's also speaking at the conference, hint, hint), and he's moved from individual loans to a pool.

My goals in real estate are for ultimately the ability to retire younger than the average person... however now I feel like I'm getting some hints to do it sooner than later!

(HINT, HINT), ( David, you listening?)

I haven't ever listed a property as I am not licensed to do soThe point I was making was to make your mistakes as I did and just call.......many times you will piss someone off but that's the odds portion of lifeTake risksThere are plenty of banks to get mad :mrgreen: A hint would be look for someone that buys bulk assets and list for them,Have you spoken to auction companies?

So you need to find out what the "quick sale" price would be for each property (hint: don't use the highest comp sales)

Hint, he used a lot of 4-letter words.

If you have a way to get into appraising, it can be very rewarding because you can set your own schedule (hint: if you want to make more than 60K, plan on having a very full schedule).

Before anything like this could be done, those wanting to jump in would have a little homework to do, hints about areas of concern for investors, risks, security, marketing, ability to rehab for those fix & flippers, etc.

But you can go much lower and still get healthy returns.You also have to watch how banks value single family homes (hint, it's not income based).

I think we have a long way to go, and may not experience a hint of improvement until the end of Obama's first term.