@Wayne Brooks - Sounds like lienholders in CA typically never see subsequent offers on short sales which makes me curious - Should material info that could impact the value of the transaction not be shared with all stakeholders.

Stories about deals gone wrong, or even better gone smoothly dealing with or being the proud owner of some permanent art would be awesome.

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I have a quick question. As many socal folks know, hedgefunds such as Blackstone have stopped being so active because the numbers no longer work. My buddy who was working there just quit because his t...

., who externally impact their markets to force appreciation.

My prediction is that it will happen, it will happen quickly, and it will have radical impacts.

In his message to us, Paolo explained how BP has made a real impact on his business and that he wanted to give back....We really appreciate the willingness of our users to give back to the site beyond just participating and spreading the word to everyone about how awesome BiggerPockets is!

Not sure how you would notice if they had more visitors than listed, but at least you don't end up with 5 permanently moving into to a room.

Though I am accustomed to leading leaders and 100's of associates, I have a need to make a much larger and broader impact in the community and lives of others.

Not to say everyone out there is fantastic, but there seem to be a lot more good ones than bad ones.As far as your question on that Indy duplex... two things that would jump out at me immediately: 1. there is no estimate for vacancy and repairs which will impact your estimated cash flow and should be included on all potential buys and 2. based on the price, I'm going to go with this duplex is older and not in one of the better areas.

If speed isn't your main concern, I'd do the live classes because no matter what you decide to do as an agent (even working by yourself) networking has a huge impact.