Back in the boom he was buying land and developing them all over the place.

That is also why when I would watch the flip shows during the boom I would always yell at the tv "what the hell are you doing buying that piece of crap for 200k?"

In all, we brokered about $100 million in negative cash flow resort properties during the boom 2002 to 2008 along the OBX.

Looking to do my entryway into first time homeownership in Austin texas (High entryway market) by house hacking a duplex in what seems to be a pretty low income perhaps ghettoish neighborhood.

The thing is, it's a ...

Buy when low, not when things are booming!

If you're not willing to invest out of country then I would find the next natural gas boom town in the rockies.

Make some money and BOOM, onto the next one.Not to mention a lot of wholesalers don't actually have the funds to acquire the property themselves.

when tax sales were the core of our inventory back in the 60s 70s and into the 80s  we could get title insurance the day the tax collector deed was recorded.. its not mandatory to wait it was simply company policy.. like first American no matter what you had to wait 5 years.Fidelity at the time would give us instance title insurance.. but we have 300 to 400 escrows a year through them..

We have a lot going for us, the industrial estate jobs just keep growing and hospital and hospitality is booming. 

When oil is booming you’ll see many Craigslist ads for seasonal worker lodging.