If you take the time to develop the relationships Will talks about, I would think REOs would be a more consistent and dependable source than direct marketing.Good options mentioned by Jon, and i agree with his assessment that once contacts such as mine are developed, they are a more consistent means for product and therefore, you are more profitable.To add, trustee sales are a good resource, just beware: Trustee sales, particularly in large counties where competition is firece (such as Los Angeles and other so cal counties), a beginner could get eaten whole by the sharks that swim in those waters.

Inflation on many goods - not ironically hidden from the CPI - will be through the roof if the dollar keeps tanking.

I've done my homework, but will buy in the experience.What puzzles me is that CRE has been tanking, but where are all the opportunities?

Any underground storage tanks on the property?

Look at all the (let's not even call them investors) people that bet on appreciation and when the market tanked lost their homes.

Also, keep an eye out for an oil tank... in my neck of the woods they are one of the biggest issues with old houses and can cost thousands of dollars if they have leaked and the soil needs remediation.

Then, my 80+ year old neighbor decides to shoot at a cougar (he claims) with a shot gun and shot the propane line, lucky the tank was turned off, but he forgot to tell me before I turned it on and let it spew out until I tracked down that sound!

No wonder they are in the tank!

Anyone who buys a real estate investment, of any kind, based on what someone told them is not going to be very successful as an investor and will probably tank pretty quickly.

We had purchased a brand new RV with less than 500 miles on it and that one gave us the most problems with electrical issues and we had the black tank fall to the ground while it was parked about 45 mins away.