I’m very happy with my current employment, but have set a goal of doing real estate full time when we can make the transition.Changing the topic a bit: My wife is super conservative and is hesitant to entertain the idea of alternative financing such as seller financing or hard money loans.

Hope my question is worthy of your attention.Seems the best alternatives for an overseas cash buyer for REI in US can be listed as:1. do seller financed2. rent and hold3. do some form of partnership with a local player4. do private lending5. do wholesaling (don't actually understand what that it all about)6. did I miss other options?

As an alternate perspective...The last two properties I've purchased have been held up for more than a month due to the fact that the seller (FNMA for one and GMAC for the other) hadn't yet filed the foreclosure deed at the time they signed a contract with me.

I would not consider this a holding cost:anticipated profit = $40K; $111 opportunity cost/day If you do want to include an opportunity cost number, it would be what any cash you have invested into the deal could be earning in an alternative deal.

Obtaing an instant income from cash flow is not as easy as some make it sound, don't be mislead.Picking up properties as the Optionee and selling them as a fix and flip will be quicker money, with 30K you might run 3 or 4 proeprties at the same time, if you can carry the load and if not much costly repair is needed..You can always regroup, circle on me at our alternate base and get a new plan order of battle.

Hey guys, does anyone happen to know a resource/place to find the average returns of various investment alternatives?

That would be the technology that makes alternative energy sources.But no - we send it to China for processing.Makes a lot of sense right?

I use to say that a Washington lawyer could spend six months writing a regulation and that I could come up with an alternative to the rule in six hours.

So, you're 100% sure the dollar will collapse, but you don't want to move into Euros because it's not doing great...You're 100% sure that you're investment is going to zero, but you don't want to sell off because you don't like the alternatives...In other words, if you were in a burning building, you wouldn't run outside, because who knows, you could get hit by a bus outside?

If you have an approved state run program that you are certified in, it works as an alternative.