I think that your strategy of buying into a strong market without regard for timing can certainly work for someone with longer investment horizons, but my own are limited to acquisition during a downturn, a rapid value-add, and a couple of years demonstrating rent growth to exit at a lower cap and an appreciated property value.

I'm definitely in a rapid learning phase now, trying to soak it all up, so I welcome and and all feedback!

Account Closed I have heard that Grand Rapids is a great place to invest do you know of any good property management and/or turnkey companies there?

In this article, we'll look at the five biggest mistakes would-be flippers make – and how to avoid them.Flipping (also called wholesale real estate investing) is a type of real estate investment strategy in which an investor purchases a property not to use, but with the intention of selling it for a profit.That profit is typically derived from price appreciation resulting from a hot real estate market in which prices are rising rapidly or from capital improvements made to the property – or both.

Purchase price: $438,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Purchased small single family home in rapidly growing midtown district.

Hi All,
I own a duplex in GR and need to renew my Certificate of Compliance for the rental.
Before the duplex can be ceritified I need to have someone come out and inspect both water heaters and furnaces. Does any...

My practice is to first push out to 12 months and then out to a mile in 1/4 mile increments. 

I.e. a little bit at a time relative to the amount of the payments.In the end, seller financing simply defers the capital gain payments in increments over many years instead of all at once.James Storey, CCIM

I wouldn't be opposed to investing in a triplex within a flood zone, but I would want to make sure that I get an amazing deal and the area is growing rapidly.

The issue is that the cost of good housing in Nashville (neighborhoods where we would want to live) is rapidly increasing - some neighborhoods we like have increased more than $100k since April of last year when we visited!