Almost political or close to the macro economics.Based on the recent posts the housing market is but a drop in the bucket of fiat money, monetary policy and the evils of governments in control of the economy.As RE investors how do people expect to make money even if they believe most of what has been said so far?

Like i've told plenty of people, getting deals in Columbus is like shooting fish in a bucket......That is atleast to me.I live 20mi or so away from columbus, do a good bit of work there related to foreclosures (Lots of BPO work.)I have multifamilies in my county (Pickaway) and know enough about Columbus.

I don’t rent or lease option houses with bucket loads of equity, I sell them...I don’t like passive income...

As a private corporation, we're not required to share such info, but I give my word that we're not making buckets of cash, and in fact are losing money every month due to our redevelopment.

To me that means you are a poor money manager.You have no experience in the field, so to me, your assurance that the new busuness is going to make buckets of money from day one are nothing but empty promises.

Operating expense= 50% or rentUsing my example above, the $82/month for taxes and insurance would come out of the operating expense bucket of money, thus this would leave me $218/month ($300 minus $82 = $218) to go towards expenses such as new roof, vacancy, marketing etc.

Even those doing multiple deals per month are just a drop in the bucket.

I use the same color in all my properties so I buy by the 5gal bucket and I don't have to worry about which color goes where.

i bought all of them, and mixed with buckets of cheap white paint to make nice soft lavenders and other colors...i had home depot intall the carpet and i threw a granite slab in..i even bought the appliances off of craigslist..i laid down some floating laminate in the kitchen and tile for the 2 baths...i spent maybe 2 or 3 days cleaning the place as well!

Atascadero is a great town too - my wife always stops by Bucket of Books when we are in the area.