Won't rising energy prices ensure a healthy dose of inflation, effectively protecting us from the evils of the deflationary spiral (see chart 5)?

I would have the REALTOR produce actual closings where they were able to seek a deficiency waiver and avoid a seller contribution.Fact is, most agent will not offer to protect your interests post-sale.

My goal is to find something in the $400k range that would produce a positive cash flow.

Hello PM Community, I just invested in my first SFH in Kansas City and financed it with a traditional conventional loan 20% down. Since I do not have much capital anymore, I am looking to accelerate my investing strat...

My search on 'spec homes' in this forum has produced a ton of great discussions and some very good advice along the way. 

The deal I'm analyzing seems pretty healthy.

They, collectively, seem more healthy balance sheet wise than 10 years ago.

The Plan in the beginning was to Acquire ten Rental Houses that produced positive Rents and in ten years, fix up the five worst to Sell and pay off the remaining five houses to be worth a Million Dollars with $3000 a month in Rents to live on...I also have gone from Mutual Fund Investing to Stocks and then Options on Stocks to Daytrading just the S&P Emini Future in the morning on my laptop.

Interest rates are still low, and while the housing market has been healthy, I believe generally speaking, not all Real Estate properties have hit the same prices that they once were prior to the last market crash.

Yes, the mortgage is higher, but if you are renting it out it should rent for an improved amount of money - or, at the very least, rented high enough when you bought that even with the higher mortgage payment you have healthy cash flow.