., investors) tend to be more sophisticated in Atlanta than in other places, so marketing to landlords tends to be less fruitful (in my limited experience) than other forms of marketing in that area.My recommendation is to focus your marketing on homeowners with equity, whether distressed or not, and try to find locations where prices are trending up faster than homeowners recognize (so you can take advantage of some quick appreciation during a short hold period).

The owners went nuts.

However, property management is the nuts and bolts of the business, the actual management of a real property can perhaps be priceless.

--Although I have to tell you if my CUBBIES would ever win even 10 in a row, I would go nuts!

I try not to count, only makes me nuts when I realize how many I have eaten.

(plenty of fresh veggies and fruits.

If so, they're making a nice nut on the hard money, plus making a nice return on the house itself.

They're low hanging fruit right now.

Just my two cents...Real estate should be about creating products that creates fruits that feed you over and over.

You will not pay it back, it does not happen.My plan is to old for 10 years, get rents to within 5-15% of the montly costs and buy homes right so that when the bank comes back with the ARV, I can get enough cash out, to cover the "nut" for the period of holding.My experience with appreciation is that if you look for it, like a ghost, you will never find it.