If they're good tenants and they say they want a 1 year lease then I'll consider but other than that it's month to month.You're making the year commitment to them without knowing how well you're going to get along.

The commercial market is still strong here

I would also strongly recommend that you have a WRITTEN screening policy.

I strongly disagree with Tim that appraisals are worthless a good unbias appraisal on a peice of property is worth it's weight in gold.

Multi-family units are the way to go as the rental market is very strong here as is the job growth.Realtors are an essential part of your team, but be very cautious and remember how they get paid!

It will be interesting to see if corporate media outlets pick it up.TimAn interesting article, but this seems to be a fairly strong conclusion from just one single article.

A down market time in a traditionally strong market place.I'm in Marble Falls, 50 miles west of Austin.all cash

As a newbie I came in strong on the Flip idea...

I'm just getting started in the real estate investing game and I'm looking to start some strong working relationships.

This money currently earns me about $2250.00 a month but it's PV could diminish if market conditions change making me look strongly at Multi Family RE.The money is in my S corp that is not related to REI.My CPA says to take a Distribution and form an LLC for REI.