One can be an excellent agent without the certifications, or a poor agent with a business card full of acronyms.Aside from the normal qualities desired in any professional -- good communication, reliability, diligence, initiative, responsiveness -- a good investors' agent needs to have a level of expertise that's hard to get in a classroom.

There are programs that do this for you but I think you'll learn more if you do it yourself on excel.

Find a area with excellent future job potential, cheaper housing and rising rents.

He consumes ALOT of Apple products (iTunes, movies, etc.)

Excellent credit, enough income to cover all mortgages at the same time, and cash down payments were my ticket .

Thanks Dave and J Scott for your excellent advice.

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I don't know what would be a good reason, but there are some that exist.It is an excellent program for those that qualify and have the cash to pay the prepaid items that Lynn was refering to.

Think of all the small businesses that have contracts where they've already provided the service or product and now will go unpaid or suffer delayed payment until the BK is resolved.

Look to the types of loans made, 5 and 7 year fixed that roll over to adjustable, those may not adjust until 2015, so it could be too that the upturn is simply the slowing of some loan product maturing.