Nothing turns me off faster than a Wholesaler sending me a "hot" property only to find it's listed or is a "bad penny" that shows up every other month. 2.

The short board is much faster, but will immediately react to any movement, good or bad, and is much more complex.

Nothing kills a friendship faster than arguments about money when one person thinks the "verbal" terms were something different than you do.Get an official offer letter drawn up and have him accept.

Besides you'll get your information much faster.

But if the dry wall guys is $12/hour, he's also better than me, and about 50% faster, so I'm really working for $8/hour.

If she is willing to foreclose just to get rid of it... that's pretty extreme.Probably what she should do then is sell at a loss... that would put her at selling at market right now, unless under market, but would sell faster, yet I don't know how much she could afford to lose on the mortgage since her money is so tight.

Also, when you say it would sell faster as a single family, that's certainly true.

If we lived in a less expensive area, we could save faster and reach our real estate goals much quicker.

I know the homepath investor loan only requires 10% down vs. 20%+ for normal conventional, which is a big plus. also they waive the appraisal and other things to make closing much easier and faster.

I think that increasing interest rates will be fueled by a strengthening economy, which typically produces higher rents and occupancy (and thus income and value), but as with every investment there must be a plan B.