We meet on Aug. 25 at Dirty Dave's Pizza on Martin Way E.Please write a description of what you are wanting to get into in your investing career.  

Cash on cash ROI looks good to me.2) You still left the address of the home in the "Property Description". - last sentence3) You could work with a hard money lender to fund the purchase which would give you the ability to close like cash buyer for your purposes.

This description could be interpreted as practicing real estate without a license.

If you are trying to target homeowner's/ investors directly and get things before they hit the market I would choose a geographic area that you know is in transition or has opportunity to target and stay on it for a good year or so with at least a mailing every 6 to 8 weeks.

Market Cycle means one thing but market regeneration equals two investors cycles, pulling data from the past downfall and raise to of both and averaging the similarities, and patterns this could bring and cherry picking geographical locations, the burst never hits the same area as hard in depreciation and unemployment, that's why we use the term regenerate when is doing well somewhere it seems to be doing well everywhere which is never the case that's why you pull out every 5 years but you drop your all every 10-12 so you have cushion for the rainy days or incase you mess up, at least that's how the firm I work for conducted business and how I got train, and we did well, but I agree that usually there is a burst every 5 years ( usually ) @Jon S.

Each one has its advantages and disadvantages, and some will be more lucrative than others, depending on your geographic location.  

A quick Google search found this description - http://www.homebuyinginstitute.com/buying-foreclosed-2a.php

So many people use contractors, my lawyer and I felt with most job descriptions it would be hard to argue them as an contractor.

The Portland area seems to fit this description though it has been a bit overheated.I've been looking in Sacramento on and off for a couple years.

If you do feel free to post the title and a little description of the book(s) .