If it was me - I have little kids, I'd want to live on the bottom floor, for safety and convenience.

I agree that state contracts lean toward the seller, that's mainly due to the fact they are the land owners in that state. and usually pay the cost of the sale.

But at 15 you can start leaning by getting your hands dirty.

I believe tenants will give any landlord an A if they get what they want at all times, pay the rent when it's convenient for them, and never get served with a Pay or Quit/Eviction notice.I'm evicting a tenant now for nonpayment, and while she may have given me an A months ago for being very prompt with repairs, she is now accusing me of trying to steal her deposit for not paying the rent....so I guess that gets me an F ;)

I am leaning towards private lending since the rate of return appears decent, my involvement in the rehab project is low from a time perspective, the risk can be fairly easily categorized and hopefully mitigated if working with established rehabber, and well, because I have some money to invest.

It is just that so many developers and like you said the cranes are all over the city. lol Maybe the older properties will lower their prices since the buyers may lean toward the newer buildings.One thing , the coops market is not going to do well.

I have wholesaled and rehabbed and am starting to lean more towards wholesaling.

If so they have errors and omissions insurance you might could lean on them for that.

Bill Gulley I don't think I'll have enough for a down payment with a conventional loan...that's why I was leaning toward an option.. thanks for your response.

It's very tempting (and convenient) to go after you agent over the rate increase, but those don't happen because agents want to make a buck.