Stocks, bonds and gold are all at or near record highs.

It is vital that you know the rules and all the associated costs.

The seller wants as much down as possible, the gold standard is 20% down; he may ask a higher price because he is offering terms; interest rate will be higher than your typical residential mortgage; he may want a short term, thinking that if the buyer fails to pay off the balloon he will get the property back and it has had little time to be neglected and face repairs if foreclosed.There won't be an appraisal or inspection unless you order these and pay for them.

A contractor with real integrity is like gold.

My father latched onto his first gold mine when gold was selling at $35 an ounce.

The process of developing your real estate business plan, feasibility study, reading, studying, researching, writing, blogging about real estate investing is vital to real estate investing success, it  opens your eyes and mind to useful ideas, new concepts, areas of identified growth opportunities and possibilities in real estate investing. 

Finding a good wholeseller is harder than finding a good buyer.So many wholsellers fluff numbers and offer deals that are no better than what you find on the MLS.A good wholeseller is worth their weight in gold. 

They withheld some vital info and require me to jump through a lot of hoops to get going.

@Mo Gold - thanks man . i'm contemplating whether this needs a serious "design" touch-up, but it's great to be more knowledgeable about this resource now. never knew about how to tackle this design scope, so appreciate your thoughts@Matt Pritchard - really appreciate the advice. would you cut the trees outside?

I always gain little gold nuggets from following your posts, projects, etc.