It is much more profitable dealing directly with the homeowner.

Subject to is a viable & profitable startegy for RE investing, however, a great deal of "desperate sellers" today are desperate because they have terrible arm loans or neg am, or high interest rate loans.

Almost seems to good to be true in this market to invest in a REO portfolio, get most of my money back in 2 yrs, get the tax benefits during the holding period and still get any profits from the gains in 5-7 years.Am I allowed to post the website here?

:goofy: This is one of the reasons why I wonder/question how profitable it is to buy the units you have.

But, there are still a few things related to real estate that need to be sorted out like how do the profits build up, what are the ways to go about this….and some more.

I factor in everything....you should start out by knowing what profit you want, or the least amount you are willing to settle for (10,000, 30,000).

I'm glad I was "sorta kinda" on the right track.Much appreciated, Oh, would I be correct in saying that I would be treating the profit on this as regular earned income and not some other more complicated thing?

Investors buy deals in which they profit, many of which are from noob investors who didn't buy properly.

But, there are still a few things related to real estate that need to be sorted out like how do the profits build up, what are the ways to go about this….and some more.

I have some interests in real estate and have read that foreclosure is an efficient way to gather up profits.