He and his buddies trashed the place in a matter of 3 months.

I'll also have to check with my cpa to make sure the deed in lieu doesn't affect my recapitalization differently than the foreclosure, can't imagine there's any diff.As a buddy of mine used to say; "...and this is for your horse".all cash

A buddy of mine in college became a broker and we recently reconnected.I asked him about real estate investing and told him I am looking strictly for bargains, etc.His advice was "always buy your own place first before you start investing in rental property.

@Jason F my buddy is redoing the exterior of his place in plymouth ma in cedar. he got a quote and a catalog of cedar siding and i think the shingle panels from michigan prestain. it looks really good. good luck!

I would get buddy buddy with a young hard working energetic Realtor who will help you out with MLS comps.With that said make sure you compensate your Realtor for their time - either by selling a property with them at some point in time or buy them lunch every once in a while or...something, - you don't want them to feel used, or they won't continue to help you.

Quite a punch, I prefer 40. and up so do my cop buddies.

I got in touch with a buddy of mine who now has his RE license and he will be my new buyers agent since I basically fired the agent giving me the run around.

So I called up one of my wholesaling buddies in Houston and asked if he would want to partner 50/50 on the deal with me if he could free up time to do the "dirty work" and check out the house.

My buddy that tried to get me in decided to fess up and told me about how the only money he has been able to make is by convincing people to take the course and cough up 19,500.

I agree with the "get a hot trainer," most guys find great success with that.GOOD LUCK BUDDY!