They are rented with an excellent property manager in place.

Ceteris paribus increased rates mean decreased values because the debt service will rise and fewer buyers will qualify to bid on product.

Clearly they don't see the value of presenting to and connecting with their peers and colleagues.In case you didn't know, standard practice in the industry is to take somewhere around a 50% cut of the price of products sold in the back of the room at REI conferences/clubs or through websites that hawk these things.

I'd most likely find investors that already have done the rehab and purchase the finish product form them.

excellent!

Businesses don't pay taxes J...the consumers of their products or services do.

The "15 days OO only" is mostly a Fannie/Homepath thing...and Homepath DOES offer a rehab product.

I've never gone to meetings as I don't want to go to meetings where they are trying to push products, seminars, etc.

I will tell you straight up that I use a competitor product.

I've spent the last few years getting my finances and credit in excellent condition so I can finally get into real estate.