I'd venture to bet that in 5 years the bulks of what the funds are all scooping up will all find there way back to the market.

I learned the game from watching others pay to play.naturally I had to start betting and after many dollars I decided to actually study some and get my money back,I started winning and thought I was the new bobby fischer (this was in the early 70's) I played in the chess clubs in junior high ranked 1600's broke 1700 several times.Quit for years then In the 80's brother in law got me back into the game.He was betting $20 to a $1000 a game and losing and wanted me to try :)So I had to relearn the game We both joined two chess clubs I was ranked #3 in one and# 5 in the other .Selection of who you got to play was picked by computer that was BS and if I won against certain people match was not counted.

Conventional mortgages may be slower to close, but are significantly less expensive than hard money.I recommend partnering up with some private money.Offer:5% down (at least some of your skin in the game)6% preferred return50/50 profit split at the endI'll bet you can find a few investors immediately.

Sounds like your best bet might be to 2 of the income properties and pay cash for those. 10% interest and 4k in points is too much imho.

Thanks to Ember for being a great sport!

That makes the payout about $1.50 per a dollar bet.

In the REI space, I'm willing to bet that we're probably one of the rare few sites that don't hawk your info.

I bet you could get more bang for the buck with some good trim/shutter paint and landscaping.

When we get offended - that is to say taken out of a positive mindset ubruptly - we begin to have a less that positive outlook.We ended the discussion having decided that the best bet is to compliment other houses in the neighborhood.

In Montreal there are still areas where you can bet on appreciation, but it will be harder to have a good cash flow.