I'm reminded of a group of private individuals I read about a few years back when a northern CA town I lived in had impossible home prices.

This seems like a pretty impossible situation-I hate to pass on leads-but I cant see anyway to work it out....

Is it impossible to work with a non-cash buyer?

This is not to say that it is impossible to be a wholesaler, because as you can see from several people on BP, it is quite possible.

I'll never say that it's impossible to loose money renting real estate (everyone here knows that), but it has been a proven way to make money for thousands of years.

In today's tight lending environment, is there any creative ways I can still finance with 10% down or are those days long gone and impossible to do?

Not saying this is impossible.

If you wouldn't mind, I had a question on one of your post:Greg - In some markets this is impossible...the banks are refusing to allow the REO listing agents to provide "pocket deals" (deals that never hit the MLS) to their clients or investors.Originally posted by Will Barnard:Not in my market and how can a bank know or prevent a broker from telling me about a property located on 123 xyz st that is currently occupied but will have the eviction process happen soon?

Impossible to answer the "how much" question - too many variables can factor in (size of home, area, amount of rooms staged, quality of furniture, etc.I just staged a 2800 sq. ft home and did the entire home less two bedrooms.

If you do some investigation on the tactical aspects of how Buffett invests, the bulk of his success is based on his ability to bring in tremendously strong middle management -- and by middle management, I don't mean what most people typically think of when they hear the term.Strong middle management in this sense has the ability to transition fluently from on-the-ground day-to-day tactical work to high-level over-arching business strategy (and everything in-between), and there are very few people in any industry that have the ability to be true middle management for a Buffett or Buffett-like company.Finding folks who could play the middle management role in company overseeing millions of rentals is probably near impossible, especially given that the bulk of those who are qualified probably don't need the money or the recognition that comes with working for Buffett.I certainly could be wrong, but that's my take on why he's not actually doing it...at least not yet...