Interesting RE Article at Money today:Chinese buyers flood U.S. housing market(Copy & Paste the link for the whole article)http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/08/real_estate/chinese-homebuyers/index.html?

I run a full time crew, but when I need more guys I call my friends and usually somebody has some extra bodies they can spare.

Maybe 10 minutes once you are there.People will lie, or not know the whole truth, so the more informatiuon you have, the more professional you look, and the better position you have when negotiating.

Hi Paul, It would be a whole lot easier, if you can get access to your local Multiple Listing Service, to query on who the cash buyers are.

Right now getting a +ve cash flow property is rather difficult but break even is still achievable.

Should I consider a home a bad investment if I cannot achieve at least 2%?

It will likely be a lot easier to solve your familiar problems than it would be to have to confront a whole new set of unfamiliar ones.......my two cents....

Even that may be tough with several years operating history.If you really want to go for the whole thing, you're going to need to bring in investors.

If I am unable to achieve the above, then is it possible to get a home equity loan on her property to purchase another property in my name?

As of late I've been reading a lot about lease option assignments which seem like a whole lot less of a hassle than the lease option sandwich.