Obviously it is not a game and you do not want to gamble, but if you know you want the property and are prepared to close quickly with cash, then go as BIG as you need to on the terms in your contract without offering a price that is so high you eat into your profit margin.

So far a few of my favorite forum posters are Will Barnard, Rich Weese & Rob Gillespie!!

Buy and hold may be more consistent and seemingly easier, but it has additional headaches pertaining to dealing with renters & owning property..So far my favorite form of long term investing has been my commercial office building that houses my RE Office...

hahaaa.Full disclosure I grew up in NY, and I love football but do not even have a favorite NFL team...just watch for enjoyment.Growing up in NY I played a lot of hockey and I always loved Mass and wanted to live there when I "grew up".There is just something about the Massachusetts lifestyle (politics aside) that I love and it's definitely home....but I'll never root for the Boston teams!!!

It's a common story - you come across a deal, the numbers work, and you say "I want to buy that!" You make an offer, it gets accepted, and now it's off the market. You now have 30 days to pay for it.

With the ever-...

Detroit, our perennial favorite, lost 25% of its population from 2000 to 2010.

Here's my favorites:(Some are paid, some are free)+QuickOffice+DropBox (syncs with Dropbox on all my devices)+Skype (great for video conferencing)+GasBuddy (finds the cheapest gas with location)+MapQuest (GPS with voice commands)+Evernote (syncs with Evernote on all my devices)+EasySign (document signing)+GoPayment from Intuit (accept credit card payments anywhere)HandyLevel (digital "bubble" level)Measures (snap a photo of any item, room or building, then add measurements.What are your favorite iPad apps?

st=AR&cno=119&ci=&zip=&src_ref=&mlsid=&pi=&pa=&bdi=&bhi=&ms=&xs=&x=53&y=12This link is from my "favorites".

I watch these shows on the regular(Flipping Vegas is my favorite).

Some unlisted transactions (and (my favorite) courthouse sales) I count and MLS doesn't appear to count.