For example, I sent out some post cards to cash buyers in my market and one of them called back and asked how did I got his information.

As for speakers (I do speaking myself), you are limited on time and need to give highlighted deal examples as people there don't really want to hear the true life of a note investor (spending the day acting like a administrative assistant).

For example, if you are going into LA thinking of buying a cash flowing asset, I think that would be a little too far gone right now (not to say that it is not possible), and if you are looking for cash flow, are you wanting to purchase in an area that you can see, touch and drive the property when you want, or would you want to try long distance investing?  

Just joined on here and am fresh with the real estate world.

For example I raise the house 3" with a 40 ton bottle jack from the parts store.

But happy to hear from the other side.For example, maybe someone who does developments could chime in, but my guess is the numbers on building new affordable housing just aren't compelling, and if policy/markets shift so that it is attractive, you're going to have a lot more BP forum discussions with everyone asking how to get involved (which would be a positive for low income families because supply will go up and rents eventually come down)

For example 99% of investors cannot make a profit in Portland Or, the property tax is so high it takes away all the potential profit.

Certain buildings require a minimum of 30 days or a minimum of 180 days as an example.

You may, for example, be able to do something with the taxes if they haven't been paid.

I'm paraphrasing, but the lesson was that it is better to drop your price steep up-front, than to gradually go down by $2.5k-$5.0k increments.IIRC, the example given was a property listed at $170k.