Great to hear the Market there is still Strong as well.Thanks.

Like a PhD RE investing is a long term commitment so you should have the temperament to stick to it.

On the bright side, Canadian investors and Europeans are enjoying incredibly strong currencies right now.

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If you look at that Case-Shiller data adjusted for inflation, you'll see that appreciation is strongly tied to inflation over the long term.

I strongly recommend you prepare yourself to invest a couple thousand into marketing material and leads.Go get 'em and make a million!

Are you Commited to working the hours and a program that will get you there day in and day out ?

If this doesn't appeal to you, also consider Raleigh, Oklahoma City, Denver, or Pittburgh, all of which also have strong markets.

I had an good employee that made a bad decision.It is always the most trusted employee that have more opportunity to commit theft.

With HUD it depends on many things when purchasing.If for instance the purchase was part of the good teacher,police firefighter etc. with the discount you have to live there so many years period or you will have to repay some money.Also if your buyer bid during the owner occupant only period to get the property and will never move in that is fraudulent.Investors frequently use to do this to not wait until the investor period came.It is a crime to do this now.Some would also say they were living there to get an owner occupant loan with a lower rate.This is committing mortgage fraud.Many do things to ride the line everyday and some get burned and others do not.I wouldn't want to be on the governments radar though.So without knowing the specifics of how the transaction went down it's hard to say.If the title company says 2 years and they do a lot of HUD then I might take that at face value.I have seen HUD go out to properties before,check where mail is sent to for taxes,etc. after they were bought.