But my tenants are pipefitters (they can change a hot water tank), boilermakers (can change a hot water tank with their eyes closed), electricians (can replace a fuse box with a breaker box), electrical crews (can wire a 2 story house for cable tv), scaffold builders (can trim a tree with a pole saw), welders (can replace the factory exhaust with a custom stainless steel exhaust on a riding mower), construction foreman (can add a bathroom counter and vanity).

It seems like Northern Virginia market is incredibly hot.

Crazy hot markets like Dallas are going to have really short time periods. 

It seems obvious that there will be at least some good deals like you've found everywhere, even in hot markets, and especially for people intimately familiar with the market.But here's a question I would pose.

 I was wondering if anyone has experience with traveling to the Caribbean or buying properties in the Caribbean.I am wanting to purchase a vacation home, and also rent it out when we are not there. I have been to the ...

Rashida Sigmond Atlanta is hot right now and people are buying all over metro Atlanta.

@Rod Khleif has a free book to download on his website that is really good.

@Shane RonayI will make this simple if it a small deal under a million dollars (non commercial less then 4 Units)then the buyer will just give you the fee in cash ....... the market is that hot and everything is bought in cash anyway.If it is a large deal NYC style then they will just do a reassignment. 

I have not looked at SW but I am in SE Florida a good amount, the market is so hot it is not worth investing.

Houses in my neighborhood are selling like hot cakes, hit the market and sell the same day.