Be very careful in MASS.

You some people would have the tenacity to pull it off but to tout that as a viable scheme and something for the mass's to try I don't get it and don't agree at all..

It's a better "look" than coving with luan.BTW wasn't aware those Mass Housing Finance loans were still being offered.  

IE there is enough inventory to get mass and your purchase to rent ratio is good enough to get ( at least on paper ) a 10% return Net or a little better which seems to be the bar most want to get.So don't think there is really any value to all of that the information is on line and any one can access that data on a city in 30 minutes or less.. :)I suspect HU is just like any other marketing company be it Norada Maverick Real Weath network Hartman etc etc.. you pick a market by picking a provider who will work your system and pay you to play.. that how it works no mystery in that. but hey its the investors choice at the end of the day if they feel they want the level of help you provide or the other companies provide and don't want to deal direct with a turn key provider  then that's fine for sure.. after all its their money.

And with the advent of the INternet  and to a great degree what is talked about on BP and supported by folks like you, it has created a mass of newbie non educated in the ways of real estate and some down right crooks out there scamming the public.. its the bad apples that are spoiling the bunch.. the state is responding to complaints from sellers not from realtors... or the real estate industry..

The key is doing your homework, avoiding what the masses are doing, and and use fundamental analysis to evaluate the market conditions.

We can check the"set new record for stock drop" box nowDown the road when the masses figure out what has happened to the old 401K, I would go long on pitch fork and torch futures

As for preferred stocks, I am cautious there as well as I wouldn't be surprised to see Uncle Sam exercise his muscle and step in to tell banks that they CANNOT pay common OR preferred dividends.

I love 60's muscle cars and would rather have a muscle car than a Lambo.

I think it will profit those with enough financial muscle to withstand the gestation period of the investment.....I really will not want to wake up in 2018-2020 with regrets...why didn't I but when it was 2015!!!!