Hi Richard, I'm odd man out here but we have historically listed after approval, and always gotten and end buyer because we price aggressively.

A plane flown into a crowded stadium, a poisoned water supply or a biological agent released is very scary.

Supply is high, demand is low due to both buyers being reluctant to buy and being unable to get loans.

I spend over $25k in mortgage interest alone, thus making any other repairs, travel, supplies, etc. worthless in my book since i can not deduct them in the current year.

This tenant has aggressively pursued the owner about cutting the tree and the owner caved in (despite my gentle protests).Tree trimmers are coming in a few days.

It's hard to see how anybody in SoCal and other hot markets can use hard money when flipping, with the market clearing at 80%+ of ARV to an endless supply of cash investors.Your 2-pay approach sounds riskier than I'd want to take on.

I was a business major (Supply Chain), so I did take all the finance, accounting and small business courses.

:The primary catalyst for the price growth in Vancouver (as with most cities experiencing such growth) is usually forces of supply and demand -- this article seems to capture this.

It's just simply supply and demand.

Do some research build a network of people you can go bounce ideas off, and move with calculated aggression.