I started to include formal LOIs (letters of intent) in the last couple of mail rounds and got a few negative responses.

Its no secret that Memphis is  a buy hold investor market has been for decades.What I see personally in the past  sellers TK companies and PM was not putting out the best product and or the renters could abuse the landlords.. creating burntout landlord syndrome and continual merrygo round of inventory.since your not building 5 or 10 thousand new houses a year like other markets ( for instance my market in Portlandia will build over 5 thousand new SFR's to accomodate these home buyers)  if inventory is tightening like this.Its becasue.1. 

In Norco, La alone there are 3 oil refineries, 2 chemical plants(one of them makes the household weed killer, Round-up) and a grain elevator... so you are looking at hundreds of workers all needing places to stay.

If you qualify for housing assistance, $500 (of your own) will get rounded up into a, possibly clean and repaired, 2-bedroom (maybe a 3-bedroom on the outskirts)

Of course, the most likely thing here is that the less expensive guy is an unreliable flake and the more expensive guy is just... more expensive.This is a really round-about way of backing up what J just said about getting 10 more bids.

Well, I did the typical absentee... with my next round I am going to change it up a bit since everyone and their mothers goes after absentee...

This does not apply to Hawaii, but many vacation areas have short seasons, Hawaii being basic a year round destination.

A person can very easily reload a Beretta 92FS (M9 military designation) with 4 rounds of 9mm in them up or "down".

Now you have the chance to take a divergent path in the same direction, it will make your journey more well rounded and probably open your eyes to things that you may miss in your current state.Good points mentioned above include checking the contract for no-compete.

I cut the saplings for awhile, and now I'm spraying them with Round-up.