Trying to get around the stumbling blocks in the middle of the deal who want a commission for doing nothing.

You guys are right, its not the best use of an asset, but I figure that leveraging it is still better than just letting it sit there and appreciate which it will do anyway if we offer it at as collateral.This situation is far from ideal but the opportunity to get into a 12 plex that is actually about a block away from my house with an on site property manager that costs between $150-$400 a month and no money down is really what is attracting me to this deal.

The stigma with lower end neighborhoods presents an awesome opportunity to buy entire blocks of homes and then become a stand out when you bring that inventory to the rental market in great condition.

I also looked at landscaping blocks, and ultra deck timbers but they are too heavy for blocks and too expensive for ultra.Regular treated 2 bye 10's cost about 65 bucks a window, metal 200 bucks and same for plasticWhat would you do?

With large blocks of reo's being kept out of the pipeline, the law of supply and demand will kick in and the prices of REO's will drift upward.2) Rental rates will come down as these investors will be able to operate under economies of scale that we can't compete with.

Craigslist has historically blocked 3rd party attempts to improve user friendliness. 4.

You can try putting up your listing and block out the dates until you'll be ready.

Clear Capital is a BPO mill that send reports to brokers and agents for a fee.What these gross data reports do is averaging for an area.For out of state investors they look at this data and it is confusing.This is why you need someone LOCAL who understands market conditions for urban areas block by block,for suburban areas every mile,and for rural areas every few miles of where you are investing.You can drill down even further then that but finding a local with intimate market knowledge is worth their weight in gold to protect your investing purchases.

You're talking about 1 house, on one block, in one neighborhood, in one town, in one state... time to bring in a specialist.

The junkiest house on my block is occupied by renters.