The theory goes as the economy moves from expansion to contraction and back again, there are certain sectors of the market you need to be in, e.g. energy, consumer staples, tech, chemicals.

After a while real estate will consume your life in a good way and wherever you go you'll be looking for opportunities to add to your retirement portfolio.

It is a shame that many lenders fail to educate their applicants/consumers about lending practices and how credit card debts, student loans, car payments etc can affect their loan qualifications.

Here's the "Retail/Consumer" frontend of our MLS system:http://www.realtracs.com/PropertySearchMap.aspxAs you can see, this doesn't just include residential.http://www.realtracs.com/ChoosePropertyType.aspx?

It's is very time consuming.

They deal with agent vs. consumer issues.

If you work as hard on your screening process (while still being consumer friendly) as you do on your rehabs, you'll be fine.K.I.S.S. concept, dude.

Because we no longer have groups here on the site, but have a need for our members to discuss issues that sometimes may be sticky - like politics (a real estate site does need a place to discuss politics and policy) - we've taken our Off-Topic Forum and made it one that only shows up in both your dashboard forum feed and your forum feed if you elect to opt-in.You can always go directly to the Off-Topic area via the View All Forums page or via our 'Jump to Category' forum nav, but for those who want to keep up with the latest posts from this forum in your feeds, here's how.Just go to your Settings page and click on the FORUM settings tab.

I personally opt out of any bid deals, it usually ends up being a waste of time.

Most consumers think this is the appraiser's choice, but don't realize that this is the lender's decision.