Yes I have been looking at flips in my area also.There is a bunch of competition as well but there are always deals.One that looked really good was gone in 3 days in my area.Of course it's the weekend I had a business conference to go to out of town.It seems stuff like that always happens.In what I call BUBBLE MARKETS such as Cali and Nevada many purchasers are speculating on the next ramp up.It's not as much about cash flow as appreciation.Home buyers see it as a way to lock in low rates and when the cycle comes back up do the cash out refi game again tax free.What I am currently looking at for myself is velocity and time.I figure for a residential flip say I made 25,000 profit in 4 months.That comes to 6,250 a month.Now if I closed more commercial real estate transactions then my returns would be greater.I am looking at doing a flip versus say buying a franchised restaurant business.I know the restaurant business.I want to acquire income streams but work on but not in the businesses daily.For me it becomes about allocation of time versus risk and income potential.I would like to acquire some commercial properties for my long term value add portfolio.

Everyone keeps worrying about inflation, but with the banks not loaning money there is no velocity to cause a spike and a subsequent rate hike.In a lot of markets buildings are going for less than replacement cost.

We’ll have more to say about this in later posts, but suffice it to say that while larger properties have the ability to control their value through good management, smaller properties generally rely on the larger real estate market to determine the direction (and velocity) of prices5+ Unit PropertiesAs mentioned, properties with five or more units are considered commercial properties, and require commercial loans.

Something that blows the socks off of your current business model and dramatically affects your direction/velocity/success (good or bad).

Must have extra cashflow each month to velocity bank.3.

Until that 500k + number approaches zero (hence the unemployment rate stabilizes) and foreclosure notices drop to a much lower number, we're still falling, and may only have reached terminal velocity.

There is no money velocity if it is stagnant.

So that's not starting out.Rich, what you were explaining was the velocity of money during an inflationary period, if we experience similar economic periods your strategy will work again.

Now, if you have any finance and basic concepts of economics, you'll understand the velocity of money and timing of shorter returns.

Doesn't get too much better than that.Thats when the idea of 'the velocity of money' (i think that's the name)--when you're able to free up the heloc or private money for the NEXT deal.