In the long run, you can definitely make money when your investments rise 10% in a year but I prefer to do the cash flow play as my preferred source of investment. 

@Luke DavisWith the so many metrics thrown around on BP, some are straightforward some are not, and still others are often misunderstood (i.e. cap rate being the most misunderstood), it may help to first identify WHAT can be measured in a real estate investment and then look at HOW they are commonly measured.The four sources of return in rental real estate (i.e.

Here's some "light" reading if you want to learn more about this subject directly from the source (IRS):IRS: Federal Tax Liens - RedemptionsIRS: Legal Reference Guide for Revenue Officers - Federal Tax LiensIRS: Guidelines for Processing Notice of Federal Tax Lien Documents

hello, can anyone give me more information on this? double closing is allowed in NC but would have to be separate pots of money and treated as two separate transactions. is this correct?

Any Ireland investors/property source people in the house?

Another source for distressed listing is the county tax auction.

. - How do you source a list?

Whatever shortcomings of original prop 13 they are manifestly dwarfed by the reprehensible fiscal mismanagement of the state's revenue sources.

I invest in Boise, ID- it's the fastest appreciating market in the nation and depending on the source, one of the fastest growing cities in the US too.

I think a lot of new investors look at the allure of STR and see the big revenue numbers and forget how much damage your house and your furniture and your furnishings will take with guest after guest after guest staying in your houseIf you let your house and the furniture and the furnishings fall into a state of decay, what originally started as a big moneymaker will instead become a constant source of guest complaints and bad reviews and headaches and sleepless nights (for you & your guests!)