Trust me on this advice.If you're new to real estate, you need to understand the fundamentals and then work with owners who have clear motivation. 

If you must do that then that's a sign that the underlying real estate just doesn't have good fundamentals as a cash flow investment.Also out of your local market is viable as well just do your research and visit the other market if possible.

If there is a RE market that for financed buy n hold has far surpassed the stock market for more than the last 50 years why would you not expect appreciation if nothing fundamentally has changed?   

Helton Thanks for the new topic.If all real estate is local, lets look at some local fundamentals. 

For the record, I do believe that equities prices were headed towards the stratosphere, however would still the see the economic fundamentals to be sound (for now).My goal for this thread was to seek and swap some actionable strategies, so I am sharing a case study of a current transaction:Case: Single Family House in Coastal Fairfield County, CTI am currently in the process of purchasing a single family in Fairfield County, CT.

CA can be difficult to buy, but those supply and demand fundamentals are a double edged sword.

Another factor with flippers is that we have a fundamental policy: "No one gets hurt on our watch."

We all define wealth differently however the ideas and fundamentals in this book will be true for all. 

This is the fundamental problem I have with Wall Street who takes too much fees off the hard-working efforts of the middle class.

There is a lot of investing wisdom I gained from Jim, not just in the equities markets, but also the way I like to approach real estate investing.Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Jim.1) The fundamental strategy is this:  stay with what you know and expand on it.