It is a simple economics supply and demand lesson.

Their expertise is greater than mine, and they usually are brutally honest and supply great info that enable me to go back and renegotiate hard in the critical weeks before the closing.As Rich says, don't ever accept a pro forma as gospel.

That said, and judjing from your lack of available time to dedicate to RE investing, turn key may be the option for you.Just make sure you know what you are getting, what "turn-key" items are supplied, and complete your DD (due diligence) on all of it.

I have established many resources for finding properties over teh past 5 years but the investors I used to deal with have stop buying properties as aggressive as before which leaves me with supply and not much demand.

This fresh-off-the presses FRB Report can be found at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h3/hist/h3hist1.txt Double the REAL CASH money supply, fix the Banks, break the rest of the "little people" world by default.

Broker i worked with there said out of staters would do better offering cash.Months supply of housing (existing inventory) has gone from 15 months to only 3 months in the last year.

We also have to tackle the food supply and eating habits in this country.

I have seen buildings where there were gas meters for each unit, but those meters only supplied cooking and the hot water heater.

Ensuring a location has an adequate supply of competent property managers can be difficult.

It is always a supply and demand issue.The real question is: How will the banks release?