Sam, the question to continually ask, "Is this the highest and best use of my money?"

You can cut your loses not and sell at a loss or let it continue to bleed you of money each month.

If America continues to buy into this nonsense, which has been the trend over the last 6 years, then landlords will have supreme pricing power and be able to buy rentals for less and less.

That's not to say they won't continue their run a little longer, but I wouldn't want to time it.What I don't like about precious metals is that nothing backs them up except perceived value.

I’d continue to honor my offer if seller agrees to compensate to some extent.

I plan on joining a real estate mentoring club once I return to my hometown, and continue to prepare myself as much as possible over the coming months.Some general questions that I have:1) What are some things I could do to prepare myself in order to hit the ground running?

Most of the homes need work, that you know low income buyers will not have the funds to perform..The result is the homes continue to go down hill, and continue to drag down the neighborhood.It's a viscous cycle funded by tax dollars.

Many are not looking to sell right now, and some want 5 cap numbers on their properties, but every time I make a contact I always ask them to allow me to continue to market to them.

Then it has verbiage saying it continues month to month after is ends.

I own 4 units and would like to continue to grow, however I have run into personal issues that prevent me from investing more money.