I have to say i have learned a lot just in two weeks of keeping up with posts.Last summer i decided to follow my heart and interest in real estate and get started.

The home was repossessed by Wells Fargo Bank in the summer of 2012 and to this day, has never been sold.

,His next door neighbor sold their house, about the same size, same age and the same lot size, for $3.4M in the summer of this year.

getting them out by the summer could be good for you.

No reason to go to Portland, but I did spend all summer in Eureka, CA area for the exercise and great weather.

@Xing - I saw a few investment mountain properties near Bass Lake , here in Ca. that are rented every weekend / week during the summer , but is inaccessible during winter so it can only provide income for about 4 months out of the year - As an investment it would be nice to find something near a lake and ski lift so it could be rented out all year.My wife and I have thought about that in the past - buy a vacation property that doubles as an income generator - but we usually focused on looking at beach properties in so cal since it's such nice weather all year long in so cal :) - I have literally played in the water in shorts on Christmas day at Newport Beach.thanks for the input - I think I'm going to do some research and write a blog about my findings

He didn't even let me talk he just said "Is this John, this is (insert celebrity) and I'm not selling my damn house so quit bugging me, unless you want to pay half a million for it" CLICK.So pretty funny because I sent a single letter, and he called me from an unknown number 5 or 6 times before I finally answered because he wouldn't leave a message.

My friends said the market there this summer was hot and prices were going up.

Hi Amy, I'm just saying 'hi' since we met a few times at Milwaukee REIA meetings over the summer.

I had a similiar deal this summer.