I'm basically taking prices from all four sites and then taking the averages from that to get comps right now.

There is always power in numbers.I've read in an article from the Chester county area paper that due to poverty strickened families moving into certain boroughs(increased by an average 20% from 2012 to 2013) it effects the schools in those townships which in turn causes tax increase in those boroughs.

My brother our foreman is a mechanical engineering grad and has spent 8 years as a project lead for Phoenix Industrial, managing safety and the correct installation of million dollar projects.Feel free to give us a call. 360-772-6355Thanks!

@AliBoone I liked your article, you were very straight forward with the idea that people do it to sound cool, I think for the average starting investor, thats the primary reason.I've been in media sales and sales management my entire life, when you have a new sales person, they normally fall into or close to one of two catagories.1.

There were only three of them that had sold, so I averaged the numbers together to get an idea of what their condo would be worth.

So an average 2 family acquisition could be for $80,000 and need $50,000 in repairs.

He is involved in the construction industry and has a few rental properties.

Seems like I shouldn't waste sending mailings to these addresses then since they are owner occupied - no more motivation to sell than any average owner.Also, you're right - no need to have the list perfect, just get the letters out.Thanks!

This worked fairly well, I was buying REO's renovating them and putting S8 tenants in the units with average return from 17 to 25% cash on cash return.

Just thought I would point out the commodities industry as my father in law worked in it and it does tend to go belly up on a cycle (remember too that it will come back up after the bust as we all rely on that market for every day life).