But the broker is trying to sell something and 8% always sounds better than 6%, unless you’re talking about tax rates or management fees.Not that cap rate should even be the primary calculation used in determining a strike price, but that’s a whole separate issue. 

The upside being lower insurance costs; the downside is more out of pocket should disaster strike.

Those that are cowering in fear right now because news magazines and talk shows need to sell more commercials are the ones that will miss out on the best opportunity in a lifetime to strike it rich.BUY WHEN THERE IS BLOOD IN THE STREETS....NOW!

To further the analogy, you gave the pendulum a little shove in one direction; rather than switching sides and pushing from a different direction, add to the momentum....Okay, strike that.

What historically I've done is strike a deal with the rehabber I'm doing businees with and they write the contracts with the sellers directly and pay me cash after closing the deal.I feel like I'm leaving a lot of money on the table and have decided to contract directly with the sellers from now on and then assign the contract.The attorney I deal with says to assign contracts I... a) need to use an attorney separate and apart from the sellers attorney b) like Jerry says, use both the P&S agreement and the assignment form c) the contract itself must contain "and or assigns language"I'm interested in what you wholesalers are using in the time period?

Even Babe Ruth had some strike outs.Don't let it get ya down.

This modification is nothing more that a piece of metal placed on the head/shoe so that it doesn’t let the hammer go all the way in and strike the vinyl.

The Cash Option was able to purchase $800k of propertyeven though it only had 200k to start with.This is what I found after 30 years (end of loan):SD Normal IRA: Gross Rents - $ 19,100.00 Property Value - $1,470,000.00 Cash Account - $1,629,000.00SD Roth IRA: Gross Rents - $ 14,600.00 Property Value - $1,127,000.00 Cash Account - $ 948,000.00Cashout Option: Gross Rents - $ 25,400.00 Property Value - $1,960,000.00 Cash Account - $1,378,000.00What strikes me is that the cash account in the cash option is after-tax money.

I am trying to strike a balance between a market that can deliver month-to-month cashflow (after debt service) while enjoying some level of appreciation.

So there I was, the best of the worst in the Lousy Bowler's League.Like my bowling "career", I think that most newbie real estate investors fit into one of three metaphorical categories:Those who have spent 7,496 hours trying to figure out how to hold the ball so that it throws with the right amount of curve to hit the strike pocket and get so frustrated that they decide to give up and take up golf instead.