In fact we have several agents that we work with that have become the "Short Pay King/Queen" in their prospective areas.

.* I've been reading the past posts in the forum* I'm developing a company name so that I can have business cards and a website ready for my first REI Club meeting.

My only local option is to invest in pre-sale deposits, or other developments.

Take out a small secured loan or credit card from your local bank.Pay it back on-time / quickly.Take out a larger secured loan/credit card from your local bank.Pay it back on-time / quickly.If your business is an LLC or Corp you need to develop the businesses relationship with lenders and other businesses.

Over the past several months especially, I have noticed a slow down in tenant prospects and instability in long term tenant stability.

Ron Legrand calls it separating the suspects from the prospects.

My thumb rules: 2% is a bit higher but I've got mine, which I developed after a while and is still improving.

Downtown, Mid-Town, High Point Terrace, Cooper Young, Highland Heights, and other inner city areas enjoying above average appreciation7.)One of the lowest cost of living of all major cities (FORTUNE magazine)8.)Surrounding cities support continued manufacturing development with Memphis as the distribution hub9.)Recent Subprime crunch has resulted in a hungry Renter PoolAnd there are many, many more reason of why real estate investors should be investin in Memphis, TN If you would like to learn more please contact me at your leizure.

One of our development projects (assemblage) is about 8 parcels.

I finally just worked with some people and developed one.