Hi there, my name is Marc, I from Canada and live in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico since 2002, leaving the Caribbean life style!

After all is said and done we will have a brand new 3 family home in a decent neighborhood for 155K.

Prices were sky high here well before the dot com boom and bust and depending on neighborhood, not only are those prices still supported but they continue to rise.

www.Backpage.compass out flyers in the neighborhood in case anyone has friends that want to move close by.

When I started out, I drove through neighborhoods looking for vacants and wrote down addresses and info on about 100 houses.

Their appraisal will absolutely come in lower, for reasons that are yet another point of discussion with regard to the appraisal industry.The only way you are not subject to such scrutiny is if you have a cookie cutter house in a neighborhood filled with recent sales of like houses.

Clarke, welcome to BP...Some things off the top of my head include....a) Churchb) Fitness clubc) Pick a nice neighborhood and saturate it door to door just shaking hands.

If you cant find a buyer within a set amount of time, you back out, just like any other real estate deal you do, if you are doing "no money" style deals.

The only other trend is parents buying houses in formerly great neighborhoods for kiddies.

We use them locally for small areas of trim on the Craftsman style houses.