The deceleration in OHFHEO's home price index is the fastest in the three-decade history of the index.

I had someone able to verify 2 years rental history with a BK discharge seasoned for 3 years get a 5.4% 30 year last fall.

Or is my age/credit history to young?

Or the buyer has a history of always closing without issues.

I'm Ed from eastern oklahoma.Currently I own no property other than my personal residence,of which I currently owe around 13k(worth ~150k)I will be entirely debt free around the beginning of next year and i'm interested in real estate and RE investment.I'm 29,married,with 2 children(1 severely disabled).I currently work several jobs,Ford dealer tech by day,part time autozoner at night and I have a small side business programming GM fuel injection between those two.Honestly,i've always been interested in auto's etc.. but this will be the second time in my adult life i've decided I don't want it to be a career.I'm considering quitting my day job for Ford and getting my RE license on the side.This is for several reasons.I've always been interested in real estate,I love any kind of new education,frankly i'm tired of my day job and would like to try something different(even if it's drastic).Depending on how all the financials work out with AIG,income shouldn't be a problem should I quit one job to concentrate on RE education.

Sure if you major in art history there will be questionable benefit.

I don't have it anymore but I had a really interesting graph a local economist I met with made showing SFR demand vs Renter Demand going back to the 60's and in history they were making waves and for the first time since back then they were going up together.

You got to go where no one else will to find anything that's makes a buck"And that is how I ended up investing in Eastern Ohio...not as bad as Detroit but a close second.

In my view, these numbers make it a slam dunk for a first deal and will start giving you a tax return history that you can use for loans once you get two years of rental history (this is what my lender requires). 

Specifically the eastern portion of the county.