Now, as a result of our overseas assignment, the renting out of our own home has re-ignited my itch to invest in RE, although I'm sitting on my hands until we return to the States.  

They have a house sitting there empty, figure they might as well make some money on it without putting much thought or effort into it, put it up for a cheap price hoping to may a quick buck - often in many cases never reinvesting a single dollar back into the property - and end up getting perpetually sub-par tenants.  

However, starting this spring most waterfront houses that were "speculatively" priced way high started sitting, and sitting and sitting.

Sitting around tonight paying the tax bills on the ppties that we're holding first position paper on.

i come across cash flowing rentals all the time i have 9 of them sitting on my desk right now for sale if anyone is interested please contact me Thanks dale www.rehabberonline.com

You know, put a frog in a pot of cold water and very gradually turn up the heat; it just sits there unaware its being boiled alive.My personal opinion is the Fed is making the interest on bonds more attractive.

I was mainly afraid of doing the work and then it sitting more than the 4 months that I had planned to hold it.

for flipping, my greatest problem with that is using a personal guarantee.i have excellent credit, cash and what not, but personal guarantees don't sit well with me.

There's a good chance that the plumbing and fixtures have been stolen if a property sits long enough up here and hasn't been properly secured immediately.

You should have six monthsof payments for any loan sitting in the bank in additionto your rainy day savings.