If you are planning to use a commercial loan, the rules change quite a bit. 75-80 percent LTV is your best bet to avoid down payments.

California always has been a good bet for real estate....Yes we are seeing many shorts sales and foreclosures etc even in Cal but when the market hits bottom there will be plenty of people out there in position to pick up those $1.2M homes two years ago for $600k!!

I bet you could find a couple on here.

Don't get me wrong... there are valid reasons... but if you don't know why you'd hang on to a money-losing property, then your best bet is probably to get rid of it.

I say that your best bet would be to find a probono attorney if you can not afford one yourself.

Sorry, I know you addressed the question to Mike, but I bet you he'd agree.

They "bet" on the future of real estate markets around the country.Money talks.

Just keep on it… I bet come Tuesday or Wednesday it will all work itself out… If it doesn’t, you can panic then!

I think immigration is a big issue that could affect many industries but may have huge impact on construction and restaurants which I would bet to be two of biggest industries in this country (I don't have any facts to back up the restaurant industry claim).I've already felt the effect of the value of the american dollar dropping by many of my Polish Contractor's employees moving back to Europe and fewer new Polish immigrants coming to replace them.

I bet the REOs cashflow very well where you're at.Tim