When Greek were posed to default on their loans in 2008, these banks didn't take the hit they should have, a hit they deserved for making bad loans.Instead, the large national banks ran to their governments and demanded that the EU "bail out" Greece.

Any tenant paying below market is not a good tenant they are in fact a bad tenant because they are hurting your business.

@Shiloh Lundahl Well, my career started in financial planning and investments, so I started out in the stock market and am very comfortable in that area.

But I have the light at the end of the tunnel and will be retiring from my 1st career in January...

At those prices it makes me think bad area

There are some amazing networking opportunities here...I highly suggest getting involved with REIN (Main meeting is this Monday at Tech Hill Commons) What I like most about the Nashville Market: You can buy a house in the ghetto with bad loud neighbors, or backing up to railroad tracks, fix it up, and it will still sell day 1 with multiple offers right now. 

It’s a bad day when the hedge fund reps show up as their initial bid will be 95% of market value.

I've read enough posts where others say that they wished they had formed a partnership earlier in their investing career because they would have gotten out of the "rat race" sooner. 

I struggled in every aspect of learning wich was expected from a child who was raised In a bad situation mixed with alcoholism and domestic violence, but As i entered my third decade of life the world showed me just how brutal it can be. 

That's just the way it is.Now... that's not all a bad thing, because that same action is what's going to drive your property up in value over the next few years.