Those of us who have actually done our due diligence and passed on 99% of the "sure fire deals" that were presented to us in the past couple of years, and have CASH (or 20% down and STERLING CREDIT) to take to the market will find in the coming months that those sitting on 200 day plus listings will soften their stance on pricing.It's an axiom in the stock market and it should be in REI as well; "SELL on the good news, BUY on the bad!"

Not even sure there is any way to get rid of a graveyard, and I'm not messing with the dead anyway.

"It's a small world".And about Earnest Money you could put down as much as $10 bucks but i always have my investor buyer's put it down for me they usually put down the whole purchase price as Earnest Money to show there dead serious.yeap the whole purchase price..HAPPY INVESTING..Regards,Jorge :superman: "Natural Born Go Getter" :superman:

There are fewer jobs there than there were at the start of the 2001 recession.Fundamentals drive real estate investing, just as they drive the stock market.

We've followed their model in lockstep so far, from the runaway stock bubble that popped to a runaway RE bubble that popped, followed by a deflationary spiral that they've only recently begun to come back out of.

Ever heard the expression "Dead cat bounce"?

Or is Milwaukee, WI just a dead market??

http://www.minyanville.com/articles/sox-bks-spx-hgx-indices-fed/index/a/19378Has some interesting information with how bad the stock market has done after each intervention by the government.Very interesting in the end..."

What alot of developers are doing today is leveraging their stock portfolio to add financial horse power to the deal.

As you may know, most of Philadelphia housing stock is over 75 years old.