The housing market has long been the playground for the rich and famous, but now the average American is getting into the real-estate-buying craze.A new survey by the National Association of Realtors estimates as many as 25 percent of all home buyers never intend to actually live in their new home.

It's cool having some lenders and realtors here.

I was curious what is better, buying property from a realtor, or buying a FSBO home.

I wanted to know if I have to find an REO on my own, or can a realtor locate them for me?

The Realtor said, "oh, it's a transfer, she's gone, he's waiting here to sell the house".

(takes about 30 minutes)Mail, Fax, or email at least 10 letters to Realtors, Contractors, Real Estate Attorneys, etc and at the end of the 1 St. month you will have contacted 40 Leads producing sources.

I was looking on Realtor dot com last week and notice that there are still some very low prices in the RGV, nice to see.I'm not sure I know what you mean by "playing with portfolios".

Absolutely, investors are in competition with Realtors for the preforeclosure market.

(takes about 30 minutes)Mail, Fax, or email at least 10 letters to Realtors, Contractors, Real Estate Attorneys, etc and at the end of the 1 St. month you will have contacted 40 Leads producing sources.

johnmichael: Cultivate RealtorsDan_Auito: stats say owners ask 9.1% more thanthey expect to get on averagejohnmichael: Realtors have easy access to recent information on the sale of properties.