@Jason Measures as a new investor, your story is really motivating because it shows that it doesn't take a seasoned investor to be able to think creatively and obtain such a deal.

We usually have about 25 - 30 people, from college-aged to seasoned citizens, from newbies to those with decades of experience.

BP is the only source I know of that provides such a vast amount of free RE information from so many seasoned investors lending time and talents.

If you're a seasoned buy & hold investor, would love your support (spearhead) during this meeting. :-)Topics: (1 hr time plan):* Introductions* Goals, volunteers, & format of meeting.* Topics to be discussed for next month's meeting.* Open discussion and sharing of ideasKnow a seasoned Buy & Hold Investor?

They sometimes even put a seasoning requirement of 6 months (that is, you cannot re-sell the house until 6 months of owning it).

I'm a real estate investor in NYC.I am currently looking at real estate outside of my home state with my eyes set on acquiring properties in NYC, Northern NJ, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, N & S Carolina & Florida.I am pretty seasoned when it comes to knowledge of R.E. investment strategies, credit repair, building business credit & marketing but I find there is always something new to learn everyday from these forums.Thanks BPGeoffrey Jones

It's a seasonal thing, winterize your hydrant, empty the hose and store it, if it's your hose. :)

I know most of you seasoned landlords probably despise showings but I have my first one tomorrow and I'm pretty excited.

As others mentioned you can also look at the average day on market but for the sake of answering your question, you would have to pull up the number of listings in a neighborhood and divide it by the average number of sales in the last few months.They both will lead you to the same conclusions as to which neighborhoods are hot except that neither of them takes seasonality into account (slower winter months will affect your calculations and won't reflect what's going to happen this spring).

For most seasoned investors the inspection is more or less something you pay for to catch something you might not have yourself.