I was looking from some insite from some more experienced investors out there.

Its always good to familiarize yourself with the tricks of the trade (because there are TONS) to not only protect yourself, but your investment.A few ways to get involved are:build a relationship with a developer.find ways to service what they need like:Offer Title Services at a discountOffer brokerage serviceStart a Retaining wall, fencing, irrigation companyif your an engineer offer to take a second look at some plansIf your an architect do the sameIf you are an attorney offer some advice on contractual obligationsIf your an analyst, draw out some cash flowsIf your an accountant, offer to help, create JE's Adjustments, filing, etc.If you have a knack for construction, get out to the sites and look around.If you are good public speaker, get in front of the County officials and pitch a project to the county.Look for the meetings in the county and attend a couple of hearings for development approvals...its public.If you are a banker, look at the deals, contact the developers in your area, go meet them, offer services. etc.Development is about getting out there and putting your ear to the ground.

I would like to know from the more experienced investors on this site what your investment strategy is in this changing market.Will you still be rehabbing & selling, or buying & holding?

REI is fraught with problems, it's not like buying a mutual fund, you are HANDS ON every day.I've been doing this for almost 30 years, I've experienced every type of problem you can on rehabs.

The important thing is to stop all the financial bleeding that you're now experiencing via payments and fees.

But even these experienced investors avoid such situations usually and no investor really likes a break even or red situation - people want to make money - period.

Monique, so if you have a 780 fico score experienced investor getting a loan on a property that he is buying for 80K that appraises for 100K and he is putting 16K downpayment, what would the lender care if the seller is not on the chain of title yet?

Hi there,We have just recently experienced the same things with our pm company, only we have been through two companies so far, and now are finally selling these awful properties.....we have lost $26,000 in 8 months of ownership, about $10K in lost rents and $10K in repairs plus our pm expense.

There are a lot of intelligent and experienced individuals from every side of real estate on here and you can learn a lot and hopefully help as well.Again, welcome to biggerpockets!

is there a search engin for the forums ?