Geraldine has a great outlook and I look forward to implementing some of her tips into my daily routine.

For what it's worth, my previously sold houses routinely make up between 2-4 of the total comps used in our buyer's appraisals.

In fact, FHA no longer requires that the transaction wait 90 days -- this rule was "temporarily" waived back in 2010 and the waiver has now been extended through 2012.We routinely rehab and resell in fewer than 90 days (for significantly more than 20% above purchase price -- often more than 100% above purchase price); while there are some lenders who still won't do these pre-90 day transactions due to their particular underwriting overlays, there are plenty who now will, and it's certainly not prohibited by FHA at this time.Talk to a couple mortgage brokers who work with regional banks in your area, or even talk to a Wells Fargo LO, and you'll be able to close these loans in fewer than 90 days from purchase.

Being newbies, we didn't realize that homes of a certain age most likely have clay pipes and would need a sewage line inspection added on to the routine home inspection. $8,000 later.... we will never forget this lesson. 

I routinely review tile installation products that are sent to me for free by Home Depot vendors.

The proprietary software is nothing more than a fancy phrase.

I would give the balloon if the cash flow was enough to amortize this off within the balloon period and if seller is firm on short balloon, I would go for a win on principle only payments which is a fancy way of saying interest free.Knowing that conventional financing for such a small amount is near impossible, use that to your advantage in the negotiations.

I've done many YL/postcard campaigns but nothing consistent and routine like this, so I'll be curious as to how the responses turn out.

I see the irrigation system routinely leaking into the street - a small stream.

I'm sure they have very fancy reports with solid data but that is far too much to pay for market data.