I am an active buyer as much as I can in the Hanford area.

So I'm using this time until then to build up my cash reserves a bit more, meet as many people as I can in the local area to build relationships with, and to give myself a thorough education.

Lot of my friends did it and it killed their Saturdays for a while but they're fat now on that cashflow!

BP community,When it comes to real estate marketing, and especially direct mail, I have hear differing opinions about how to strategize a campaign.The first strategy is to target as many people as you can. In

You know there's an old saying that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.

The problem is, these appraisers setting the values are not boots on the ground in the zip code and can in no possible way know the area as well as an appraiser who has worked in the area for decades. 

Provide to us a list of your goals (how much money out of pocket, amount of cash flow or simply purchase price, do you want long term note or do you intend to refi out - you never know if you can in future so this is a risk.Once we know your specific goals, we can provide a starting point for you in your negotiations.

None of them can rely on direct marketing the way you can in other markets.

Realtors can also search sold, pending, expired, and terminated listings where I don't think you can in most public MLS websites.One other big difference is access to listing brokers comments on the property and attached documents along with the home owners name and phone number.

Put as much as you can in your IRA they say, beucase they assume you're stuck at your dead end 80k job for the rest of your life and you can't do anything else.