Frank is looking at granite/SS appliances, designer kitchen and baths, all hardwood floors and great closets space.I will lower the prices by at least few hundred dollars unless you have that qualify of units!

We're a strong market and have weathered the past economic fluctuations with ease.Our economy is strongly supported by defense and science funding and so we were isolated from the rampant foreclosures as the real estate bubble burst.We have had a housing boom and I think our supply was oversaturated in the outlying areas but we're rebounding.  

I met with a local investor who was taking advantage of this trend and the super low vancancy rates in Victoria: she and team had just built a 20-unit apartment in Langford: her team designed it with the needs and desires of retirees in mind and it was a huge hit, with it being nearly all rented out when I toured it (and it was still under construction!).

I love graphic and interior designs. 

Spend a designated amount of time searching and learning about your target areas each and every day.  

He is a contractor and I am an Interior designer. 

You may be able to buy, rehab, rent, refinance (as the guys on the podcast like to say), but with $12,000 only I'm not sure how far that will go (not trying to burst bubbles, just putting perspective).2) I currently I have only one buy and hold property and although I got it below market, I still have a significant amount of cash tied up in it.

I know it's not ideal in todays market but when house was constructed in the 1930 it was the go to design.

Hopefully markets here in Hawaii stay stable, I know that compared to most places or cities the housing market here on Oahu was able to remain fairly constant back in 2007-2009 during the housing bubble.

His dad said he license training is designed to teach an agent how to stay out of jail, whereas proper self-directed investor training would teach him how to invest and manage investments strategies, tenants, etc.