To me, the stock market is more of a guess and more difficult to determine how much cash will actually be available.

Currently I have about 250K liquid which I would like to put to use other than the stock market.

A true C corp will be a PITA to administer, stock cretificates, minutes, officers/directors, etc. but an LLC can elect C status.

Stocks have not always worked out as I had planned.

If not, try local AceHardware as they will often stock what the big boxes don't carry.

I don't care for stocks as its far too derivative.I started renting in late 2008 and am presently only renting 2 SFRs.

I'm a fairly new investor and my father is a bit of a seasoned real estate professional that remembers the days of lenders loaning money to anyone with a pulse (and even some without a pulse). He continues to tell ...

If you've held these places for a while, your war chests should be fairly well stocked :)Happy Flipping!

If I lived in Boston and had $400K cash and was very worried the stock market is going to take a dive (which is certainly a possibility) and wasn't aware/willing to look at other markets that would cash flow better, then maybe paying cash for one of these units knowing I would probably make a small return and my investment should at least track along with inflation (and probably better) than it's a much better place to put that money than the bank.If people are currently buying at those prices and using debt service, I've got no explanation.

I know market timing in stocks is impossible.