Originally posted by @McKinley Crowley:@Matt Foster I would be interested to read the content of the mailer that you are sending.

I was able to land a 4plex using seller financing here in red-hot Las Vegas, NV.My mailer was hand written and was very simple:"Hey Steven,My name is Spencer Cornelia and I am interested in buying your property at 123 Candy Lane. 

Cash was merely a way in which we could easily transfer gold, since it's kind of an inconvenience to weigh out little lumps of gold to pay for a candy bar.However, there is not a major currency today that gold backing.

I think S&P needs to look into the mirror because they're the ones that were passing out AAA ratings to toxic CDO's like they were candy.

John who is the eye candy in your avi lol :mrgreen:

We also got to see he broke into the candy before Christmas morning.

I haven't bought any more properties down here because we are planning to move to Indianapolis next year to be closer to our family, and our roots.Let me tell you, when you love searching the listings as I have for the past few years, and you start researching a new market like Indy, it's like a kid in a candy shop!

I've been amazed at this area, the 2 foreclosures I've seen before the one I'm closing on, both were burst pipes, black mold, ceilings hanging down, and were snapped up at 60k like they were candy!

(typical investor mistake).Use the the Trump principle.Have one item in a room that is super nice so the buyer thinks quality and elegance.When doing buildings he would always put minimum code into the structure and save the money for the EYE CANDY for the potential buyers.In my market condo's are tougher to sell for sure.I think you overpaid and could have gotten the property cheaper.As long as you can make money off of it you can move on to the next one.over time you will build a portfolio of flips and ones you want to hold for the long term.

Fort Worth, Arlington and 2 in Crowley.