Do you use your own team to search for properties or do you find it better to just do it yourself (I know some find it time consuming to search for properties)?

We certainly have a problem with education in this country due to unions running things and a lack of choice from the consumer of education.

Might check that again.Most of our laws today are economic laws disguised as health and welfare, consumer protection, etc.

So, now that we have the CFPA, the watchdog for consumers, in every aspect of installment financial transactions including real estate, any option price should be set at a number that is usual and customary in your area.

However, if speaking about short sale business in particular, it has so many time consuming aspects, that some sort of delegation is unavoidable, especially for real estate agents.

Because multi-family residences are fewer and farther-between, investors who choose to invest in these types of properties have less selection, and therefore often have to be flexible in their purchasing criteria * When evaluating the value of a single family home, you often have many, many other similar homes in the neighborhood to compare against to get an idea of how much the house is worth, how much income it can generate (i.e., how much you can get in rent), how quickly similar properties are selling for, etc.

That will take some time, so in the meantime, pay down your consumer debt, and work on your credit - you will definately need that in order to get good financing when you get a bit further down the road.

If the U.S. were virgin territory being populated today, the Mid-West will have far fewer people than it does today.Today's service-sector jobs can be located anywhere and they will increasingly be located in places with better climates.

I can certainly see managing SFR's as being more time consuming.

Even if you have to pay the points (can be paid out of the BLOC) as long as the fees aren't too costly and the terms of the BLOC are competitive I would consider all options.It would be a time consuming task to go directly to all of the lenders when the broker who has had the experience with the lenders can save the investor the time and energy to guide you directly to the lenders that will approve you and not waste time.In my view it's all about finding the path of least resistance when it comes to obtaining BLOCs.