Hi,I am new to BP and to the real-estate investor world. my only (horrible) experience in real estate was to buy my personal house at peak of 2005.

In distressed sales, you can use the "Seller may take multiple offers accepting the highest and best offer to be received by date and time" in the listing Are negotiations by e-mail?

You may want to run the numbers bye a seasoned investor who knows your market first.

I want to build a portfolio and business big enough so I can say good bye to the FD. 

@Chris Quinn how many students are they projecting at their peak?

The city of Oakland liberalized its ADU regulations in 2015, eliminating the extra parking spot for properties within a half a mile the intersection of two bus lines that each run every 15 minutes at peak hours.

Yes, you can earn high yield most the time, you could have a mediocre return, you could buy at the peak and suffer a recession, and you could lose money.

Take a peak into Tampa BayI think the biggest hack since you're not a FL resident is to use a 2nd home loan with only 10% down to buy something.

We bought at peak interest rates, not because we were naive, but because the timing was right for our family.10% down, $370k cost,  we will gross about $57k our first year.

The rumor on the block is that Fannie Mae could be no more in the near future.

My question to all BP Members is: IF this happens, what would it mean to us investors and how would it affect our business, be it buy and...