I honestly think bringing 50 houses under contract quickly would be a recipe for disaster because it would be the classic "grow too fast and fail" effect. 

The classic recovery process that we all hear about but when you're living in the city like you are with Troy it probably seems so slow.  

I end up picking up a book called rich dad poor dad by Robert K (yes a mint classic), and after reading that my passion in real estate and understanding how money works sky rocketed.

However If someone left you a classic car worth $50K in their will, would you take $2K because you didn't have anything in it?

The problem was, I had no money, and more importantly, I had no idea that I was buying into the classical guru's emotional promise.

The house was built in 1932 and was a well kept classic beauty.

I've got 3 comps that are all no more than 7 houses down, so there's no way to justify a price above $275k absolute max.This is the classic case of the seller making repairs to a property and then trying to pass that cost onto the buyer when they sell, and it simply doesn't work that way.

I'm a romance novelist who also plays cello in the state orchestra, and my husband doesn't like romance novels or classical music.

Direct Mail is a low return approach - - classic studies show 1-3% response is all you can expect - - and this includes all replies and "drop dead". 

That is classic co-mingling.