Hi,I started looking to purchase my first investment property a couple months ago and somehow found my way to bp.Would like to express my thanks to those of you who clearly go out of your way to contribute here.In the past couple of weeks I've learned so much from devouring the content on this site and am exceedingly grateful because it's obvious I would've made a rather expensive mistake had I followed my original plan.I look forward to meeting some new people, continuing to learn about real estate investing and hope to give back when I've got some hard earned knowledge of my own to share.Thanks again,-j

I just heard that a recent study showed that 70% of Americans say mail is more personal than the internet.

I work my 8-5 at First American Title as an escrow officer.

based on almost 150 years of american history, we are due.  2.  

I've worked with a startup in San Diego and I've coached American football in Knoxville, TN and Grenoble, France.

North American Savings Bank (one of the lenders specializing in non-recourse financing for retirement accounts) for example will require 3 years seasoning before they can use a new appraised value, if it is less than 3 years they will use the original purchase price.

I also expressed my apprehension especially because the property will require a month of vacancy and a few months worth of rent in rehab/updating with what needs to be done.

RE = hedge to inflation, debt becomes cheaper with older dollars.Cash = hedge to deflation, we can acquire more assets.Gold, which I love, because I'm an Austrian believer, really doesn't hold as much necessity now.The good news is, if you ever hear the mainstream media throwing the "D" word around, holy smokes things are really bad, or it's a smoke screen for something else.The even better news is that the American economic nightmare is deflation, because that would force them to actually default, or take up "Helicopter Ben" Bernanke on his last ditch effort of saving a Keynesian economy.

The US Census has a bunch along with their American Community Survey.  

I also hear great things about Bank of American Fork and also Zions for construction loans.