Whether that's starting too fast, or too slow..

How fast and who's to blame, I dunno.

Real estate markets don't usually move fast enough to justify such adjustments.So, hope the differences in my comments have been made more clear with all of this.

You need to be able to act fast on deals and banks tend to draw things out to the point of you losing a potential deal.

I was wondering if anyone is buying silver or gold and if anyone thinks real estate being down is good thing ( a chance to accumulate income producing properties) It's getting harder to determine where to put assets for growth and safekeeping as it seems things change so fast now days - it's tough trying to figure out which investments will stay relevant.

They are a very rare combination: good, fast & reasonably priced.

How many times have we kept out signage for a property "3bed 2 bath must sell fast" in order to build our buyer's list?

They know that is a sure-fire way to get the tenants evicted.If the tenants were still having a problem, it was their obligation to inform you of the problem, rather than just withholding rent.Get them out of there as fast as you can!

I am just getting started, and somewhat unsure if I am jumping in to fast. once I have the done deal, I probably post the address here for everyone to discuss the deal

20 days to closing will usually be sufficient; as stated by others above, the banks can't even close that fast sometimes.Proof of funds is important, as mentioned by others as well.What hasn't been mentioned is being in position to get access to the "pocket listings" / "office listings" AKA "exclusive listings".