I'm sure, one thought is- a good relationship is worth gold.

The podcasts are sheer gold in its value so for to me.

Building will be worth $4.8 million on day of closing and $6 million within 18-24 months.These guys are GOLD, esp. to young guys like you and me (I'm 28).

I don't believe it offers much protection if an attorney starts digging.However if there aren't obvious assets the hope is that an ambulance chaser looking to try to get a settlement on a frivolous lawsuit isn't going to put much effort into doing this when they don't see the pot of gold.

I still do some financing for scrap gold with a dealer, but I got out of financing as a business. :)

They are very very motivated.They wanted to try and go for the gold that is why the property is way over priced.

I don't want to reinvent the wheel so reading what successful investors flipping REOs is worth gold.

Never give up, and you'll soon find the gold :-) Good luck!

city-data.com is a great site for checking out stats on a placemacro factors to consider:population growth ratediversity and depth of economysocioeconomic and racial diversity of a populationfinancial depth (does locality have good access to capital, plenty of retail banking options, ideally investment banking level of commercial and capital fluidity)past property appreciationother important factors to consider:proximity to where you are and how that aligns with your use PM or self manage strategyactual property analysisfinancial analysisproject /rehab analysisimmediate surrounding area analysisget whatever conversations with locals you can (I've found talking to neighbors can sometimes reveal nuggets of gold)regulatory analysisget some feedback from people that have been through the process in terms of permitting/etccheck public records (my view is that the more available and the more consistent, the better)that's all I can think of for now but all have their importance and from what you've shared what makes you NOT do a deal is far more important than what makes you DO a deal. 

The stock market has been shaky, gold is up $100 an ounce in less than two weeks ($1,250-$1350), and Bitcoin is climbing today, People run to gold when the stock market isn't producing gains.