I would though say that doing ground up new construction is pretty hot sector to be in in Texas especially Austin..

If the property is vacant I can just have it keyboxed and let my buyers go at their leisure. 

The banking sector has been immensely profitable and any losses they’ve incurred from housing have been more than made up by their investment banking side.

Then we had...The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector that was signed into law by U.S.

I can assume that any sector of real-estate will have its own complications and that none of them will be a cake walk, but it still sounds like there is a lot of risk associated with wholesaling beyond just losing money.

so why take your time.the slower you run your roller the less paint will fly over you and the floorso dont move too quicklyif you move your brush too quickly you will get bare spots so move slowly and evenly or at least just fast enough so the coverage is even and paint doesent start flying all over the place.keep a paint station this is where you will do all your pouring mixing keep your applicator and brushes it should be centrally located to your work area i used a large cardboard box opened up and laid flat. this is a great way to stay focused and avoid accidents like kicking over your paint cleaning up your toolsthis part can be very relaxing sit on the edge of your bathtubstart with your brush run the water and pretend your painting the the bottom of the tub under water keep checking the brush until the water runs clearnext take the roller and roll the tub while the water is running all your paint should come out the roller do this step leisurely way like a good lazy land lord next wash your tray for this step use your rag and while the water is runnning just wash it will take a couple of minutes to get clean take your time be slow and deliberate finally wash your rag and you are all done.that is it stay tuned for lazy landlords guideto floor repair

If a student, then they will have an F-1 visa or J-1 visa, you may have to decide how to handle the rent for summer vacations.Florida has some of the highest percentages of work visa holders in the country, on par with geologists and workers in the oil sector in Houston, researchers, academics, and hi-tech workers in California & Redmond, Washington (Microsoft).  

Student Housing JV Equity Investment Target IRRs - Sources of Information and Deal ComparablesI am interested in investing in the student housing sector, and I am hoping that you might direct me to sources of information and deal comparables for JV equity investments, deal structures and target IRRs.Would you be able to guide me?

How cyclical is that sector?

I don't buy even if the numbers can show a true 10 cap because if anything happens to the property now my returns are at an 8 CAP.If I buy at a 12 and it goes down some I still am at my goal of a 10 percent return.Of course the CAP never takes into effect your debt service because everybody's is different.The beauty of the commercial sector as there are many finance models and deal structures without the regulation BS on the residential side.Class A property is mainly for institutional investors.They are dealing with retirement accounts of differing sectors etc. and are looking for SAFE returns that keep up with inflation and grow a little.A regular investor trying to do WEALTH ACCUMULATION instead of WEALTH PRESERVATION can't grow enough on marginal returns.This is why most investors focus on B,C,D property.You have the quality of the building A,B,C,D and the quality of the location A,B,C,D.Most of the investors like the value add deals where they can create huge returns once stabilized.Typically in this scenario you will get a group of small investors with 75k such as yourself and pool funds together to buy for cash and rehab.