I guess they must've REALLY gotten a lot stronger... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/13/qe3-what-is-quantitative-easing-and-will-it-help-the-economy/ Rich

Money can buy there way into my units as long as they are clean on there criminal part of back round is good and arent totally tied up in court on numerous open cases.

After 5-6 years (to pay off the loan and get back the cash), this generates a nice income with no money tied up.

Here's my question; if you give 1k, or even $500 earnest money with each bid aren't you tying that money up for a month...if the offer falls through don't you have to wait 30 days to get it refunded?

What we do is have actual pre appraisals done to homes we feel need them so we have a stronger position when selling the home.

That I'm generating enough profit that the work I'm putting in is being well compensated (specifically, that my $/hour earn is over a pre-defined threshold).I have a percentage of my own capital tied up in my real estate business and don't have any outside investors.

GC isn't tied down with small projects and knows I'll use him on the big ones in the future.

Other cultures tend to have stronger family ties and can make these situations work, I don't see this becoming the norm in the US at least not in the foreseeable future.

I am trying to "tie up" a property, actually reaching for two, that fit my buyers list that I have been building before I even found the property.

I see many investors tie up their cash and credit in their first few deals, then are out of both resources for future deals.