(I also would put areas of east Dayton I would put in that same category.)As far as Old North Dayton goes, I've spent a fair amount of time in this area over the last few months (including after my last comment in this post), and I certainly wouldn't lump it in with most of the west side.

It was during this challenging time that I made a decision to prioritize saving money on a monthly basis.

Hi Ron, I chatted with a buddy who's been in the Miami market about this topic a few months ago.

Faking a foreclosure would require thousands of dollars in fees, months (if not years) of time, an incredible degree of knowledge of state and national foreclosure rules and procedures and balls the size of a house to expose one's self to the prosecution that would more than likely result from the fraudulent action.

@Jill Barrett start networking with other investors in the UP here on BP via search feature.Ask/pay an agent to generate a list of all the houses in an area you define have sold for cash in the last 12 months - pretty good sign an investor bought it.

I invest in Tampa area and have a LTR  and about to buy a house in next 3 months as primary and then after a year convert to STRAnyone here have a connection who will do  short term JV ?

wherever you are looking for land I'd argue it's a bad strategy unless you are buying for pennies on the dollar. where I'm at in columbus ohio there is a 12 months supply of land on the market so it's a buyer's market. unless the market is a seller's market which can be established with a real estate agent (less than 6 months supply on the market, and really I'd say 3 months), then I'd avoid this strategy 

I developed a relationship with the same banker who set me up with my LLC auto loan and just last month he helped set me up with an unsecured credit line in my LLC.  

Petersburg FL) with the "low income" I'm making (around $4,200 per month) at my job, it's proving difficult to find a multi family property that I can afford with month to month tenants or with 1 vacant unit.

Let's say Taxes are $200/month, and Insurance is $150, and you put $100 in a maintenance reserve.