I would suggest going to meetings for about 4-6 months, meet as many people as you can, and soak up as much info as possible from the surroundings!

I paid $600 for the entire bathroom, tub, tile surround, everything.

I invest in Athens, Atlanta, and surrounding areas of Georgia.

The change that I have made is that I focus on being aware of my surroundings.

Think of how the community surrounding the last home you flipped benefitted from what you did.

I'm looking forward to it.My contribution to these forums will probably be more on common sense, insight into the Huntsville, AL and surrounding markets, and some banking perspective -although I do not deal with mortgages, we have a separate mort. dept. that handles that.Thanks for listening, can't wait to meet everyone!

.), but things like the area and circumstances surrounding the property are important as well.

I am still getting to know the market but it looks fairly ripe due to a revitalization effort that began at the riverfront that is now picking up speed and moving through the downtown and surrounding communities like a ripple in a pond.

I think these things reflect the value of the property and general appeal of the area, along with the fact that the complex is situated in an area largely surrounded by low-income neighborhoods, with exception to a few other developments in the area, all of which are experiencing extremely low sales in today's market.

An investor (LLC - three members) bought some farmland behind us for twice the value of the surrounding land.