MFRs often have more maintenance and clients involved.

The markets we are recommending to our investor clients for a balance between cash-flow and appreciation potential are Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Lehigh Acres (FL), and Phoenix (although it is tougher to find those deals there today).You may want to download the 2013 Housing Market Forecast from my website to help you better understand some of the market options available to you.Feel free to post any other questions you have.Continued success!

More established brokers and agents will have regular clients for traditional buy and sell that have a higher close rate and getting paid with less risk.The investors meeting you might find an agent willing to take it on.

Second, I also write in my PPM's for my clients that "NO RETURNS ACCRUE" while money is in escrow and NOT in a property.

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Bill Gulley-I have my clients use an investor qualification form that asks very specific questions of the potential investor.

Some of my clients will set a certain amount of liquid capital aside for the flips and then instead of buying little houses for rentals for taxes and cash flow they will look at buying multifamily properties.

The struggle will be getting clients.

I recommend to my investor clients that they talk to a lender or mortgage broker to get pre-qualification, or better yet pre-approved, before they submit a purchase agreement.

I look for clients and myself day in and out and 90% of properties out there are overpriced and the sellers numbers are crap.