Hi Mike D'Arrigo,In a nutshell, most paper assets including and especially the stock market are being artificially inflated by the Federal Reserve;s unlimited "Quantitative Easing" (i.e. printing of currency) and suppressed interest rates, virtually at zero percent.

My appetite is not for a large volume, but targeted areas and specific types of properties.

I don't understand why miniature cities feel the need to throw up anymore Red Tape over their Real Estate markets, which is just suppressing prices even more by keeping all of the RE Entrepreneurs far away....

I assume you've never had a malady that creates a need for something to boost your appetite or take away nausea.

I see it, but it's because the inventory has been suppressed on purpose by big players . . . not foreclosing on properties."

This all largely depends on your appetite for leverage.

Or the bank has reduced its appetite for your type of loan and is not rolling over deals that are maturing.

There is a wealth of information here to wet your appetite, and you're already ahead of most by recognizing the opportunities in RE.

That first deal will wet your appetite, I'm sure of it :)It sounds like you're interested in buy & hold investing.

So I'm looking into acquiring my next property. And I have one in my sights. A run down 6 unit. It needs some updates. But otherwise pretty good shape. But my contractor has advised me that in the great city of Low...