I am in the "build/add/grow" stage too so I see leveraging/borrowing as a necessary thing at this stage.

Auction Date: 07/01/2014Sale Location: Family Law Center You can get free info for a portion of the trustee sales at auction.com.

Here is a link to FHA resource center on hud.govhttp://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?

It has reached a stage where his LLC owns enough of the development to control the homeowners committee.

But I'm a little biased investing in the Bay Area in a big city ;)I invest in nice streets in lower-income neighborhoods in the Bay Area with high rental demand and increasing rents, close to major employment centers, good commute, etc.

The flips were done at bad times and always ended up paying enough to clear up bills that my wife and I had incurred through college and the early marriage stage.

And yes, lots of things going on there now, left right and center.

I am doing preliminary research on a commercial land that I would like to make it into a small mall or a cultural center.

Hi Sha'niece, I'm here in Rockford too but I'm still in the learning stage myself.

Check back with me..I like the East Bay vs. inland where the GRM's are lower because there is no land to build any closer to SF and any other land is very expensive, tight rental market with increasing rents and prices, close commutes to major, growing employment centers, positive household formation, and being a special little place in the US and the world.