The rough/bad areas of town the prices are all close to the $100K mark and since your in a bad area the rents suffer as well.  

It's much easier to spot padded "proforma" numbers or operations that have suffered from mismanagement when you have an idea of what's realistic.     

Even though I was the one suffering thru the 10 day delay @Darrell Shepherd described, I'd use them again under similar circumstances.  

With a fractional reserve requirement of 10% or lower they suffer massive opportunity costs by the prospects of taking back a property that most likely won't even sell at market value.David's problem was probably cash flow and liquidity.

while the whole time (for 10 years) has suffered from paralysis of analysis. with all that education, ad experience. you are well ahead of most investors.

Not only is locking down a "real" deal much harder when you can't confidently promise a closing date, the reputational damage that you'll suffer if you bail on a deal that you can't get funded will be a major hindrance to doing repeat business.

I do not want to suffer from paralysis analysis but I also do not want to do something because of a rookie mistake that can come back to haunt me.Thank you in advance..Betty

Buffalo has traditionally suffered from several problems pertaining to housing, specifically, an overall population decline in the city proper; one of the oldest housing stocks in the country; and a general apathy in terms of the local government and community groups.In 2007 and 2008, I was working on several anti-fraud task forces dealing with these problems.

Even in your case, you may have felt differently about self-insurance if you had suffered a loss in the early years of your self-insurance plan.

Good post by Don.Aging homes suffer from two types of obsolescence/depreciation.