Thanks Don,I suppose my bid price will reflect what I can put as a down payment then, which will end up being 300k max. so I'll have to cross my fingers on this one big time.

The #1 Most Important Tip: Keep your finger on the pulse of the market and adjust.

Don't settle for a "good deal", rather find the seller's pain, amplify it and offer to resolve it.While you're keep your finger on the pulse of one motivated seller, go find another then another and another.

You have an amazing resource at your finger tips.

Crossing my fingers social security is still around if I fall on my face!

I'm about to send out my first mail list **finger crossed**. 

Fingers crossed that we get one and I can get it replaced with insurance

The house almost doubled in value in the first three years we owned it with little more than a coat of paint and new gutters, so we're crossing our fingers in hopes that this upward trend continues.

I also think if i let this slip through my fingers and hit the market it will be snatched up very quick!

I invested in something without the knowledge I needed so I didn't point fingers elsewhere when things went south.