This does not suggest any sort of recovery in the economy, and frankly, it suggests that house prices are being propped up with investor money, that is bidding higher and higher.I cannot believe for a moment that this is sustainable, especially since most of these investors are leveraged up to their eyeballs in debt, and if the market rate for rent goes down, there will be some extremely sore investors out there.However, it is nice to know that when the market corrects again, our strategy of building a war chest for failed investment properties will make us a good return in the future as it did last time round.

I know rent there is quite strong, with extremely high demand and high prices, but in the other hand the property prices are very high as well.

If the property is listed in in the MLS it may have more info on the court order sale.With these types of sales it can be extremely difficult if not impossible to wholesale.

As you may have heard the Denver market is extremely hot right now, absolutely a seller's market and it is becoming harder and harder to find deals on MLS.

Currently most contractors estimates have been extremely high, so my crew out of Detroit travels to West Michigan to work on my rehab projects.....so just wanted to see if anyone here knows a reliable & affordable, contractors in West MI...thank you in advance..

Currently I'm reading Robert Kiyosaki's book The Real Book of Real Estate, an extremely in depth guide to the ins and outs of investing and succeeding in Real Estate. 

They were extremely rude, and told me that they can't give me that information.

I am also an extremely busy person, and I really don't want to have to coordinate going to see a property with someone else, so the license would give me access to MLS listed properties anyway.

I've found BP to be extremely helpful if you are able to assist others with their needs.  

Ben,  Winters do get cold here -20 to -30F can hold for a couple weeks, this is rather extreme example, however you should be ready for it anyhow.