So, in my opinion, your next step is to meet with your bank or a loan officer to see how much you will qualify for.

In my opinion a cash purchase in low to moderate income areas could net a 12% cash on cash return with potential for capital appreciation.

Employing Brokers:
How have you been successful marketing to Agents and ultimately recruiting them?

You will get a number of different opinion on gold.

Overly simplistic view in my opinion, sorry.What can I do with cash?

I am hoping to get some opinions on the metro area REIAs.I am looking to begin rehabbing/flipping homes in the coming year and right now I would like to do some face to face networking as well as increase my knowledge base.I hope to hear from people who have attended both CAREI and IRR meetings (maybe there are other metro are groups I am unaware of) who could compare them.

I agree with Ryan,I deal in lower income areas and my cream of the crop are 2/1.. mostly single mothers, 1 or 2 kids, the 2/1 work perfect.

Some of the people contributing know what they are talking about but the issue with professional services is that you need to know all of the facts before an opinion can be provided.

My opinion, just about every property "can" be a good deal... you just have to accept that "good" is entirely relative to the property.Because of location it may take longer to rent, attract a lower quality tenant, have a more transient population, demand lower rent... etc.As long as you've taken all those things into account and STILL have a good price, why wouldn't you buy it?

Short sales can be a very tricky transaction if you are new.It's hard to distill all of the nuances of a short sale transaction into a forum post, but it all boils down to the BPO (Broker Price Opinion).