I had heard the stories and wanted to get an opinion from someone working in that market.He shared that there is a 15 month supply of homes.

You can purchase these notice stickers thru Great American business supplys etc.

Does Citgo itself own all the Citgo gas stations, or does it just supply the gasoline to them?

These include management, maintenance, advertising, evictions or even worse - foreclosures, legal fees, damage done by tenants, lawsuits, office supplies, etc, etc, etc.

A plane flown into a crowded stadium, a poisoned water supply or a biological agent released is very scary.

Supply is high, demand is low due to both buyers being reluctant to buy and being unable to get loans.

They helped me set up the cabin by accepting furniture deliveries, installing TV's, meeting the cable guy, etc.

I spend over $25k in mortgage interest alone, thus making any other repairs, travel, supplies, etc. worthless in my book since i can not deduct them in the current year.

It's hard to see how anybody in SoCal and other hot markets can use hard money when flipping, with the market clearing at 80%+ of ARV to an endless supply of cash investors.Your 2-pay approach sounds riskier than I'd want to take on.

I was a business major (Supply Chain), so I did take all the finance, accounting and small business courses.