Mom and Dad can even chip in the 3.5% on an FHA loan, Brandon Turner says we all have advantages, exploit them.

Not sure I agree with the Elk Grove and Oak Park assessment.

When you buy chips at a table at a casino you have to lay your money on the table. 

I get why some sellers are desperate enough to cash in their chips for a discount, but not so much why they would accept lower monthly drip feed than they could arrange for themselves?

Each Club has its own personality, heartbeat and pulse.There are a few that are nothing but a complete waste of time, but there are others that really do hit the jackpot as far as offering knowledge, support and information let alone finding the one or two people that you can connect with that send your investing to the next level.While I have done a myriad of deals along every spectrum of the investing arena, right now I am loving the thrill of single family home investing because of the speed I can accomplish it at.If you are in Evergreen Park, maybe you should make it to a small networking subgroup I am going to in Oak Forest on Thursday night.

If you are interested, please contact me directly to discuss.Valley Agent Criteria:A self starter, but not someone who is ambitious enough to go out on their own… Knowledge of SF Valley and Thousand Oaks/Simi Valley (member of SoCal board) Someone who understands the rental market (acquiring low price properties that demand high rents) Experience with Winforms and MLS Investment property experience Computer savvy Home office with fax, email and a windows operating system, Outlook (not MAC) Someone with an existing book of potential clients Someone who knows the neighborhoods intimately in the SF Valley and Conejo Valley

Oak Cliff, Dallas Tx.Can anyone refer me to someone they have had good results with?

When investing in the stock market long-term in blue chip companies, I never lose a wink of sleep.

Also, I remember seeing in the news or on the internet places like Thousand Oaks, Oxnard were hit bad due to the subprime downturn.

That is why casinos give people chips instead of letting them bet with cash.