You can strengthen that by doing some finding for a flipper who is already active and learning how they analyze deals and what they do different.Or your problem may be a lack of marketing expertise to find buyers.

Look at the truly wealthy RE investors and the formula is usually the same; expertise in one market (usually local) and expertise in ONE maybe two asset classes be it SFR, MF, commercial, etc.

Hi Everyone,I've been lurking for a month or two now and have been picking up a lot of knowledge from BP in addition to reading some great books.The Millionaire Real Estate InvestorRich Dad Poor DadThe Real Estate Investors Tax Strategy GuideThe Richest Man in BabylonBuy it, Rent it, ProfitA little about myself, I'm 28 and work at a large technology company in San Francisco where I do financial modeling.

However, my expertise has always been private sellers or most often referred to as motivated sellers.

I ultimately decided that properties with HOA's were really not going to fit my rental model.

Thanks again for a wonderful forum to discuss and learn "Brandon Turner & "Joshua Dorkin and thank you all for spending the time you have in this thread and the countless other threads sharing your experience and expertise with all.

,The criteria used for the appreciation forecasting model in my '2013 Housing Market Forecast' include migration trends, employment trends, and housing trends.Some of the data sources include: U.S.

They now own their own brokerage as their business model was not what the big agencies want to do.

It may be a good model.

But if you build your business model on luck, you'll end up in the hole.