If you want to experience real estate deals without using your own money, then being an agent is a good option for experience in sales.Property management will give you experience on the management level but not necessarily on the investor side of it.Since you already bought your home "pretty much with cash" then it looks like that was your first real estate purchase as an investor.

Though it's entry level, it's still a nice 3/2 in a nice area, and I want to keep it that way.

I'm currently researching areas that would work for SFH rentals.One thing I've been doing is looking up deals online (mostly REO/fixer uppers) and then making fake Craigslist ads advertising the property to see what sort of response I get and what rental rates people seem open to.

We are still renting to low income (more like upper lower class), but is is making a slow difference.

I dont know if the value of anything that anyone owns is ever under their control..............but I think that the answer to the question on the topic is obvious....Developers are holding to property longer because of the overall institutional freeze on lending and credit markets, and the effect that it has had at the retail level.

Im assuming that it is at the county level of where you purchase it.

Short Sales and foreclosures have contributed to our declining valuesThis statement is wrong on so many levels it is not even funny.

Lets get this mess cleaned up sooner rather than later, and get back to a level of sanity.

No matter what level you're at, what a great time to have any liquidity at all.....

I have been working for the past 6 month to get enough wholesalers who provide properties to get atleast 3 gems per month , so I can build up my team.Are there any sugguestions from those who went to the next level with their business?