I dont disagree with Karen Margrave about the land behind the Orange Curtain, tho' for the rest of us in Southern California, this market makes me sick.Prices cap rates on commercial property, SFRs are all overinflated, I have sidelined my money and also started looking at other states to invest my food stamps. . .I came across a great article in WSJ, let me dig it up:http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2013/01/22/six-reasons-housing-inventory-keeps-declining/Hang in there all, normalization will DEFINITELY happen. . . in the next 50 years!

I have a property for 20% down and seller finance the rest.

He responed with "done, thanks" and added a larger link to my site and left the rest of the article in place.

that stuff i could do and i'm not handy at all. if he's replaceing the front door with the frame, i could see that costing a little extra but the rest should be no where near all of that IMO.

Out of our 6 units, two turn over in the spring and the rest are up in August.They either stay for the summer, sublet them, or just pay anyhow- just part of off campus housing.

I agree- everyone has an "Academy" because it's generally believed that you should only give a little information and pay for the rest.

My goal for the rest of the year is to just save the rental income for a down payment on my next property.

Our thoughts are similar, hoping to consolidate in ten years, 2018-2020, sell a few, pay off the rest after capital gains, then have a wonderful retirement.We did see the potential for collapse when our friends who never had investment property in their lives are bragging about forming partnerships with other friends, equally as inexperienced, buying weird shaped lots in strange areas and being absolutely certain that they were going to make a fortune in a few months in 2006-2007.

Give her $50K down and have her take a note for the rest, being secured at a great loan to value ratio, and she would be in first position.There's some generation gap thinking in your comment about your family members.

If so they might be trying to get back what they bought it for and the rest is a profit income stream they create by holding the note.You have to understand where the seller is coming from and what they are trying to accomplish before creating a solution for both parties.