Most involve little "fibs" on their balance sheet.

The Ford trade is a bet that the government won't allow Ford to declare bankruptcy.

What type of real estate challenges are you planning to get involved in?

Also, as your rents increase, so do the expenses and I'm betting that expenses will AT LEAST keep pace with rents in the near future.

You could talk to the agent and ask him to let you be more involved in the process and help him out, or you can track down the owner, get his permission to work with the bank, and try to do the short sale yourself (the agent will still get his commission from the sale).If either of these options don't work, then all you've got left is the auction or the REO route.

Branson is growing leaps and bounds due to the new landing and I am watching for the river boat gambling boats within 5 yrs. ( yup, been defeated once but I bet they try again.)

It involves a great deal of know-how and work, not just signing some documents and then listing/re-listing the property.I hope there isn't a wave of wanna-be investor's cleaning out their life savings to go prospecting in an area of town they know nothing about.

No management company is ever going to be as interested or involved as an equity partner.

There are different forms and legal issues involved that someone untrained may not know about.I am interested in locateing any property investment clubs in SE Tenn.

Hello All, I am new to real estate investing and look forward to meeting others getting involved in it as well.