IMO, none of these investment activities are good as totally hands off operations.If you don't vet every loan, you will end up with some very bad ones.

If you can explain to your buyers why it is such a great deal then you can still wholesale off the MLS.Example:REO property is listed as under contract on the MLS, suddenly it comes back active again after 30 days or so and there has been a big price drop.

I know some landlords are perfectionists but for me that seems to put too much stress on things and raises expectations to a very high level.Responding to tenants is a personal thing but for me hopping every time a little thing is noticed is not what works for me.

I haven't noticed a lot of people from Utah posting.

You want to look at active and sold comps going back 1 year.

Applying green technologies, using passive and active solar as a start when building to suit is increasingly attractive.

I do understand about time and money.This is why mainly I do my commercial listings and work on my own investment deals.If I have to take time away from that then I have to be compensated otherwise I am losing money from not working on that activity.

I have definitely been seeing activity in my properties (even with higher prices) rise from 2009 and 2010 rents.

Is the SS still "active"?

Further, I have been active in the investing community and there is plenty of people making profits, large ones too.