Yes, if you are looking to buy for long term holds the ideal time would be over the next year or so, but you have to balance that with the fact that buying to fix and retail right now is not the ideal while a year or two ago it was gravy.

I wanted some other opinions on the state of rehab/retail investing.

One last question, I always thought a major reason a listing expires is due to a high retail price (relative to the market value).

Comps indicate retail value about $115,000.

"When buying on MLS, your going to pay retail."

Others start out wholesaling only to get into rehab and retail.

Keep on doing the same thing but at a slower pace.

If we can't handle your questions, I'm pretty dubious any guru can, either.Sounds like you're talking about a retail flip.

Many years later I was buying the office of a retiring brokerand when I had a meeting with the agents there they were all hot to try a concept they had heard of, flat fee listing, it would act as a loss leader like retail businesses use, and many would become buyers and many would convert to full service,and the signs would generate business, so I left the company name the same and separate from mine and gave it a shot.

Well, Mike and I went and took a look at retail listings in the area.