@Brian S. Have

If the sellers are asking to much thats OK; 1. you make new friends, 2. show them how you can solve their problems, 3. show them their alternatives, 4. keep in touch with them when they initially say no, 5. follow up and renegotiate (may take 2 or 3 negotiations), 6. then once the seller(s) have seen they have little other options they will call you back.

I do like ice cream a lot, btw.

I had a property manager (PM) who supposedly ‘took care of things’, but the way they did so was to open my check book for me.So, for example, when the doors started to stick a little as the newer home began to settle (common), the PM called a handyman to take the doors off the hinges, shave them down, and re-hang them for $300.

I was able pull credit, keep the cream of the crop and originate the mortgages on most of the good leads.The longer I've been in business, the further I get from the gray areas.....

Look out Amsterdam....Here we come & we are going to make you look like the moral cream of the crop.

One local executive your family or a good family friend knows who has seen his retirement shaved 40% or a member of any clubs you or your family/friends belong to may be willing to invest.

:mrgreen: Welcome Jason, I hope you clean up better after a good shower and shave then your pic eludes to

Succesfully investing in real estate is a job that takes work.Succesfully investing in equities is a job that takes work.Succesfully investing in foreign currencies, antiques, an ice cream parlor or whatever -- is a job that takes work.

But these city`s have already bottomed out or so they say.