A "certified appraiser" can give you a "certified appraisal" that a potential buyer can:1- take to the bank, or mortgage company. 2- This is an excellent sales tool when it comes to a buyer signing on the bottom line, and unless your buyer is paying cash, it needs to be done anyways. 3- Is a solid and certified validation with regards to your asking price.4- Lets you know for sure how much money is too much money on the project /A CMA is subject to the RE agent choosing comps within a given area, and thus subject to that agents "opinion" of which properties work best on a comparative level. 

If you don't mind investing in Far East, Japan, Kyoto is an excellent place for vacation rental investment.

I just read Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads by Larry Loftis and I believe he proposes an excellent strategy. 

Sowell has written an excellent book that I've read multiple times.

Just wanted to hop in to say that I just finished reading Flipping Houses Exposed - it's excellent!

If you need detailed abstracts (Chain of titles, titles, deeds, encumbrances, easements, row, and everything liens verifications) from Harris and Galveston counties, or photographic reports of real property,  and visual inspections, just message me ;-) My profile with BP is supposed to forward those messages or alert me.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/residential-rea...This is a good article from the Dallas Morning news on the housing market in North Texas.Dallas/Fort Worth (is that better Pam...lol) is still one of the best markets in the U.S. and will be for a long time to come, making it an excellent place to invest.

Additionally I had browsed the Lake Chelan vacation rentals called The Lookout which is being done by the same company.I attended an event and some 'typically rental income' numbers were provided but it was an Excel file that looked a little too basic to trust.Would love to hear about anyone's experience with this.  

I know them better than I want to, so here it goes -PROS -* Easy to pick up if you're missing a piece* Excellent value for hardware options.

excellent work, thanks for sharing