The deal in McHenry was an older investor who was retiring as he's 80 so unloading his inventory.

Depending upon the demand in your smaller market you may be able to unload them quicker.

Wrong, you have everything you need in front of you - someone to unload a property with no hassle that is cash flowing already.

Our modular is built in two halves in the factory, and each half is delivered on the back of a truck and unloaded with a crane and set in place.6.

You could say that Real Estate is in both my husband and my DNA yet in two different ways;Growing up my parents not only built their own home (including falling the trees and milling the lumber themselves) but also flipped a single family home and remodeled a ski resort condo turning it into a vacation rental.

My current mode is to buy distressed, repair to conventional funding standards, and unload quickly at a discount so that the buyer will have immediate equity and possibly continue improving the house to maximize returns or place a tenant for cash flow.But perhaps I'm missing the mark.If you are a first time buyer looking for your first home to invest in, what is important to you? 

When we pull up and get out to start unloading boxes etc.

Trying to figure out is this normal churn or big portfolios unloading properties because of the  new tax laws?

Lumber and steel are up and that's pinched my returns. 

I am beginning to think that the banks are not as eager to unload their holdings as I believed they were.