Recently I have been looking on the west side at Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.

There has been talk about fixing some of this recently, but I wouldn't count on it happening rapidly.

A good deal in a bad area can turn into a bad deal in a few years if people are leaving, job growth is stagnant, or rent growth can't support the median income, etc.On the flip side a great area with an okay deal can improve because rents continue to increase rapidly, occupancy stays low because there are always people looking to rent, etc.Obviously you want to find a great deal in a strong area, but the most important thing about real estate is location because that will never change.

Flipping houses left and right. Adding new properties to the portfolio.

I'm now focusing a lot of attention to our wholesaling division in the company with two employees. I'll be very quickly looking at a FT sales a...

On top of this, you could rapidly start to build capital by simply self managing, drastically cutting expenses and using all the positive cashflow for A) adding further value to property B) investing in another property.After 6 months and a 1 day, refinance your VA loan to a conventional if you have enough equity(30% needed most likely) or wait for 1-2 years to build equity through added value/appreciation/loan-paydown and repeat with a new property.

The medical-services sector has shown considerably more rapid growth than other jobs in general,'' said C.

Costs of vacancy and turnover are very real, as is the management time required to manage those issues.Having said that in our market rents have not been rising rapidly as they have been reported to be in the US by the Wall Street Journal.

The net effect of such a program is a drastic reduction in the term of the conventional loan due to many thousands of dollars otherwise paid in interest are saved as a result of the rapid pay down of principle.  

Anything that can change the highest and best use of a property that can be proven in the market will can yield a rapid change in value, up or down.

It's a rapidly gentrifying area but the little league needs some serious help.