If you're the type of person that has to ask this question, then just put your money in the market and wipe your hands and be done with it.

I am interested in other types of deals but haven't seen that many opportunities.

I had been of the understanding that a Settlement statement is a mandatory document at closing.

I’ve been doing that with a few market recently, I try to spend a week just online trying to figure out the different boundaries/different neighborhoods, what the dividing lines are, what type of housing stock is there (I only focus on post ww2 brick for instance) than figure what the yields are in these areas, and then decide if the yields are decent enough on risk adjusted basis to bother to invest.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Focusing on one asset type or strategy in the beginning is generally most effective than trying to learn an new strategy every year.

I am close to the owner so I can discuss options.These are details and some rough numbers: - Location: Vienna , VA - No mortgage on house (free and clear)- Purchased year: Around 1980- Purchased price: around $50,000- Type: 3 bed - 2 1/2 bath single family- Market price: $920K (not appraised yet but numbers from Zillow)- Market rent : $3,400/mo (from BP Rent estimator)- Insurance $2,000 /yr- Taxes $9,300 /yr- Management $3,260/yr (I do not want to manage )- Repairs: TBDThe numbers do not work with conventional financing (20% down, 7% interest, 30 yr) so I want to think of creative financing ways.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

All these houses are way over the median sales price in this city and I guess everyone is slowing down on prices for that type of properties in the area.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?