It seems the Fed is going to keep interest rates low for a while and expect prices to continue to increase in this environment.

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If you're holding onto cash in a inflationary environment, your cash is losing value ever year (it' worth less)

The general ballpark I've heard/read/was expecting is 0.75%-1%  above market rates for a primary residence so I would have probably not balked at something in the low 4's, but 4.9% in the current environment felt high.

We narrowed it down to:- Code Violations (trying to find distressed properties)- Pre-Foreclosure (assuming landlords have some tenants who haven't been paying rent during the moratorium and don't feel like dealing with the headache anymore)Our thought process is in the current market environment, the only type of houses we will be able to wholesale will be houses that need a lot of rehab.

We narrowed it down to:- Code Violations (trying to find distressed properties)- Pre-Foreclosure (assuming landlords have some tenants who haven't been paying rent during the moratorium and don't feel like dealing with the headache anymore)Our thought process is in the current market environment, the only type of houses we will be able to wholesale will be houses that need a lot of rehab.

While you can do as little as 3.5% down with FHA or 5% with conventional, in the current market environment that may prove very difficult.

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We found a property that on paper and in person appears to be a good deal. The problem is, it's in a high flood zone that was previously heavily effected by Sandy. The properties foundation since that time has been ra...

@Dwayne Saxton - in this environment it's tough because there's such a low amount of inventory that it's a seller's market.