Even then, real estate is prone to price bubbles across whole regions of the country, due to how the Fed sets interest rates and how REITs and stock are doing.

I am keeping tabs on the buyer and the title company the whole time.

But when you spread your risk over several properties and follow good systems to minimize your risk, you achieve the benefits of diversifying like what's often mentioned in other types of investments.

Just don't leverage your money to a stupid point where any bad news will make the whole thing crumble. ie Bear StearnsIn most investments, the risk of "losing everything" to the point of bankruptcy are very very small.

Whole loan investing has increased in the private sector considerably over the last couple years.

The whole premise to this post is busted.

We have a whole sub-forum on different financing options, be sure to check it out!

My whole office has been AWOL for about 10 days now, even the broker, lol.3) Depends on the nature of the call.

He said "Jeff they are smart, they know it's only me in here and it's 3 of them against me, they wait until there are no witnesses before banging and making noise"I could write a book about this guy and I have only dealt with him for 17 days so far, not even a whole month yet.

Whether he has anything to collect from is a whole other story.