We look for serious buyers around the country that are looking for hotels, casinos, apartment complexes, commercial buildings, land, SFR (high and low end) and commodities.

Financing and banking laws are intertwined across several agencies of jurisdiction, it's rather sophisticated and well designed as our economy relies on compliance.

Highest and best use can be a pretty sophisticated analysis for a new investor.

I am looking for Miami real estate investors with me to partner in either a debt or equity structured arrangement that will be beneficial to both parties.Time to get hip to self-directed retirement accounts and doing deals using private lenders.Given what's going on in the world right now, folks will be looking to shield their IRAs and 401(k)s from the foibles of the Wall Street Casino.

Also below are links about some Detroit's current funding and investment and where its going.Detroit to get $300 million in federal help - Sep. 27, 2013 - CNN Moneyhttp://money.cnn.com/2013/09/27/news/economy/detroit-federal-help/Ford Foundation donates money to help Detroit manage its federal grantshttp://michiganradio.org/post/ford-foundation-donates-money-help-detroit-manage-its-federal-grantsBill Pulte: From Home Builder to Detroit's Unlikely Blight Busterhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2013/10/09/bill-pulte-detroits-unlikely-blight-buster/Gilbert: Tear Down All Of Detroit’s Abandoned Homes At Oncehttp://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/gilbert-tear-down-all-of-detroits-abandoned-homes-at-once/Plan to eliminate blight in Detroit may top $1 billion, task force sayshttp://www.freep.com/article/20131212/BUSINESS06/312120137/Detroit-blight-Quicken-GilbertDetroit bankruptcy judge orders company to stop collecting casino revenue (Access to about $180 million a year that was flowing to creditors from its casinos)http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/aug/29/detroit-bankruptcy-judge-orders-company-to-stop-collecting-casino-revenue/http://www.freep.com/article/20130903/NEWS01/309030148/Kevyn-Orr-William-Buckfire-depositions-Detroit-bankruptcyFederal, Foundation, City and Corporate Investment Areas in Detroithttp://datadrivendetroit.org/web_ftp/Data_Mapping/InvestmentAreas.pdfThe Auto Industry Bailouthttp://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/auto_bailout.htm

If I'm correct there is a planned casino and Amazon warehouse in the works in your area.

In most counties and Cook is an extreme example of this, auctions are dominated by very deep pocketed, very sophisticated investors.

Don't think there is no competition in small towns.Larger cities will have more people involved in RE, the competition may be more sophisticated, bigger players, more inventory but more feeding off it too.Smaller towns usually have slower turn over, a property that's difficult to sell is easier to buy.

And these are typical homeowners, not sophisticated investors.

This is a technique which is used commonly by sophisticated investors, but threshold for action is very specific.