This plays into the whole investor psychology piece...if you purchase a property and get into a bind and have no exit strategies built in, you stand to lose a lot and hate investing because of it.

No one seems to have a good play by play of how the closing actually works.

What would that play like?

Tenants are less inclined to play around with a company than a person, provides a slight intimidation factor.

What will the market bear and how strong is demand?

It is important that people understand what role they are playing in these deals.

I know someone who is rehabbing and I know someone who has been playing the 'appreciation' game.

Is it because there aren't that many real estate investors (i.e. too little demand)?

I am sick of seeing this same situation play itself over and over.

If I want to tracks trends in a particular residential neighborhood or zip code one way to do it would be to:(1) keep track of the number of homes put up for sale per month and (2) keep track of the number of prospective buyers who visit those homes per month and(3) keep track of the number of homes that sell per month.Applying simple math formulas to those those numbers I might find some insight into what is happening in terms of demand and supply.