Originally posted by "**********":David,If you threw someones *&& out as you say, and they went to a Tennant Landlord help center, or got a low or no cost Lawyer, you could loose a heck of a lot!

While pre-construction should become a viable investment again some time in the future, we have found that pre-development in specific baby boomer markets works very well.In pre-development, purchasing is often done when the developer is in the early stages of developing the lots.

Like I said, myself and a couple of others pitched in on hoisting long structural members, but I'm pretty sure his cost for the roofing part (this was about 15 years ago) was well over $10K back then.One thing he did do was take a course at the "owner-builder) center at his local university.

Hello all,I am currently in the planning and research stage of my ultimate goal of investing in real estate.

For me, I have had a lot of projects I've wanted to do over the years, at various stages of our family life, etc. 

If the map for instance shows a heavy crime pattern centered around your complex but the area isn't that bad you need to clean house on the property.

I remember when the people mover and the Renaissance Center were going to save Detroit.  

HiI am looking for a principal buyer for a shopping center that is $24M+.  

I have a contact that has a contract (reassigned) for part of a shopping center that they are holding and trying to sell for all cash.  

California is not an ideal market so I will be looking at different markets over the next few months and aim to start my next stage of investing in March / April 2015.I am new to out of state investing (and went to school at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where the motto is "learn by doing") so I want to spend a minimum of a few months in my desired market, personally building my team and portfolio.