I'm predicting that we see scenario 1, where the gap between these two metrics expands and prices decrease.

Hence why they was a rental decrease of $400 month for a year lease.Keep the input coming :)

I personally haven't noticed an increase or decrease simply my participation has decreased for no apparent reason other than I don't like a lot of the people that have been increasing their participation :wink: Regardless if this site is increasing or decreasing, it still kicks the $hit out of the other investing sites/forums.

Buyer's Market II - beginning / first half of an emerging market - market absorbs oversupply, time on market decreases, job growth increases, existing properties rehabbed, rents begin to slowly increase, prices slowly begin to increase.  

Any additional payments go directly to decreasing your principal balance, which jumps you ahead in your amortization schedule and can save you a boatload on interest. 

Eliminating the power and advantage of leverage greatly decreases your ROI.

Looking for someone who is paid by amount taxes are decreased rather than hourly. 

The best way I've found is to try to get my current creditors to increase my limits rather than open new lines whenever possible because it increases my limits without decreasing my average age of credit.

Deals like this were more common before the crash, but I am sure there are still many of them out there.Keep in mind that having the seller carry paper will increase the CLTV and thus decrease the potential lender pool.

Days on market in these areas are great and inventory is steadily decreasing as the year goes on.