Like I said none of these properties are getting fined by the city which gives me reason to believe that they aren't all that motivated to sell their home.

NOT :) I guess those escrow agents aren't all bad, they teach private lenders how to make money :) Hmmmm, maybe I should start charging an 'upload' fee, makes a lot of sense in this new era of computers ... nah, to far out there, even for me :)

They take a lot of time and the success rates of short sales that aren't "move-in ready" just isn't that great for investor type deals.

Any manner of vernon, water, vagrancy, whatever could be going on over there and renters aren't invest enough to put up with it.

I've been mostly out of the Atlanta market for about 4 months now, so it's possible that my information is outdated, but I invested in the north and west suburbs for many years, and right now, there aren't many deals out there being listed publicly.

We have a few deals that we might be closing on within the next few months but aren't exactly sure which exit strategy we are going to use on them.

Oh by the way, we move on average about once every 2 years, and when we aren't getting ready to move we deploy overseas for 7 months or so at a time.

The areas we target are good school and safe areas but they aren't premium by any means.

Your assessment may be accurate speaking to GSE backed loans, but the lending terms and regulations aren't the same as FHA backed loans.

You have to ask why aren't concrete driveways put in?...