It also seems to be regional.

New to the forum; I'd like to ask if anyone in the Greater Pittsburgh region (particularly East End or surrounding areas) has a minimum of one (preferably two) general contractors they would recommend?  

Real estate trends are very local/regional so asking about RE trends in the mainland is like asking the trends in every single city/town in the US ;)

But analysts say finally hitting the milestone serves to highlight just what a powerful political and economic engine the Los Angeles region represents.

@Felix Wisniewski Many of these types of issues are specific to a region and city.

I am focusing on moving to your region soon and needing help look for wholesale deals.

I'm interested to hear feedback from people who may have experience investing in these regions: for a beginning buy&hold investor, should single-family of multi-family properties be targeted? 

I am also looking to start flipping in the Southern California region and am interested in finding partners to bring deals to and work with.I live in Sunset Beach, CA (near Huntington Beach, CA) and I am an avid surfer!

There are enormous job opportunities in  the field of advertising in my region.

Maybe you can help, looking for a couple good contracts/agreements that deal with the 50/50 profit split on a loan, they go by different names: profit-participating loansParticipating Loan Participating financingequity participation loanprofit participating second mortgages anyone have any tried and true agreements that are not partnerships- then I can customize it to my needs, and have my legal guy over them and regionalize. (1st draft legal is always the most expensive)