I have some friends who were doing huge volume of REO's as listing brokers but with robo signing listing volume went down and carrying costs were eating them up.Some had to down scale or pull the plug and switch to short sales as asset assignments switched to a trickle plus listing price dropped eating into margins further.

For me, two major pros to multi-family that Chris F. missed are:- economies of scale- lending climate is easier (after 10 especially) in multi-family

The financial advisor, as he is referred to, mentioned how 3 months ago I'd be able to obtain 50K, but with the state of our economy the bank has significantly scaled back.

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The words nothing and anything confuse me, as the articles talk about straw buyers, fictitious purchase funds, inflated appraisals, cash out at closing etc.Exactly what went on in a massive scale in CA during the boom.However none of this applies to the potential problem with a short sale or REO flip.Best to consult with your Attorney as Stephani mentioned.

While this hits low-income households the hardest, households with incomes under $15,000 pay over 80 percent of their incomes for shelter, the cost pressures have been moving up the income scale.

Labor reduction and economies of scale can't do anything about that.

Given mortgage lending scrutiny these days, how are investors making rehab and refinance strategies work (at scale)?

However, if I want data on specific agents in different boards throughout the Inland Empire or Coachella Valley, that data is #1 not as reliable and #2 not available on a macro scale.

It is also quicker to scale actually because there is less work involved in modifying it as you change and adapt because you can just keep it on a notepad filed with each tenant's/propery's folder.