IE sign huds and closing docs get those out to appropriate title companies or attornies then get to the bank to wire funds to close said deals.. that's all done by 10 to 11 my time. then I concentrate on my acitivies locally here.. which is usually looking at homes we are building.then get back and return e mails. 

Waste of time to pursue those that smoke week in your rentals.. better things to concentrate on.

Any particular parts of Tidewater area that you concentrate on?

If so, we've got to be smart enough to exit the business early and move on to something that will be profitable under a socialist government - like being a local Socialist Party Leader or providing train service to your local Concentration Camp (or whatever it might be)!

No Ellis, they aren't the same.LTV and combined loan to value is just one aspect.A purchase money second can go to 90% of the purchase/appraised value, being 80/10/10 for example for a homeowner, owner occupied, it's much different funding that to a flipper for construction or renovation, that's a different thing.Ability to pay, credit, collateral, remaining equity, use of funds, loan concentrations, amounts at risk and size of the loans all play on risks.

In other words, short sales are no place to be for new investors.New investors should concentrate on doing advertising direct to specific prospects that have a higher chance of being motivated and have a run-down property (absentees, senior citizens, etc.)

Need to concentrate on SFR first and make some cash -- this is too risky --Any way --How many units ?

WIth 100K cash and 6 months to focus on success, what aspect of real estate would you choose to concentrate on and what would be your game plan for building wealth?

Hell, there is this burgeoning website, census.gov, which provides essentially any element of demographic data one could ever imagine down to census tract block groups (which, in cities, is a very small, concentrated area). 

Aly NA   any thought to just selling Trenton and concentrating were your doing well ?