It's widely known that institutional investors (renters) are having a major impact on this segment right now.

And don't think you've fooled them into thinking you wrote them a letter by hand.Postcards work well if they have a high-impact design + a great brand and super-easy-to-remember contact information.

I look forward to being a part of this community and would like to express that much of the early success I have had has been directly impacted by all of you on this forum who share information.

This cycle is being impacted by so many influences (world economies, internet sales, warehousing, energy costs, consumer confidence, residential bubble, governmental regulations and taxes, etc., etc.): but, the bigger players have been acquiring portfolios and/or investing for the last two years.

Whether or not it is a permanent move is uncertain, but I feel like living in the same area as my investments will allow me to better learn the industry, and once i get real comfortable with everything then i can move where I want.

So ARV means a lot less to me although it is still very important because I need to know that I will be able to refi my hard/private money rehab loan into a perm loan after I'm done.My formula is very simple:1) LTV has to be 70% or better.2) If I were to buy a house and put no money down and then refi it, my profit before vacancies/repairs has to be $400 or more - after I get my permanent financing.

You may miss your greatest gains if you come late to the party.Unemployment takes longer than a few moths to have any real change or impact.

But my feeling is that I should be willing to pay more for something that has such a huge impact for the rest of the project.

I am listening to podcast 13 with Leon Yang and he made a comment that I would like expanded on. It is something I never gave much thought to but it does need thought. Over the last five years ago our government ha...

I optionally could take on the hard money loan at 12%.I'm not clear what the impact is t if I take both equity and debt.