I keep my appraisal and broker license active to fill in the gaps.

Thank you to all of you who share your expertise, experience and wisdom.I have been actively looking for my first investment property - single family home - and am having a hard time finding anything in my area that is far enough under market value to produce $100 after OE.

Your best bet if you are not using a realtor is to try to sell creatively by owner - contract for deed, lease purchase, then you might get more buyers who are not just in the conventional arena.

Literally MILLIONS of people bought homes during the boom and are now upside down on those "investments" or have already lost the property in foreclosure.On the other hand, you can make money in either real estate or the stock market if you treat it like a business and actively manage your investments.

You're gonna get your bet advice on a question like this at your local landlord meeting.

From what I have read and heard the seller can still actively market the property to other buyers until you exercise your option.

Hello, Glad to find such an active forum with a lot of good content.

I am amazed how these people waste their precious time - by printing responce letter (perhaps it is not that precious for them :) )PS Once I recevied another "cute" responce to my marketing (via email): your activity will be reported to Attorney General :mrgreen:

Attend RE investment clubs and talk with investors who are actively participating in the fields of your interests.

The forums that seem to have the most activity are:•SEO•Google-Yahoo-Search Engines•Linking•Getting Attention to Blogs•Marketing Ideas•Website design and Dev•Social NetworkingAll are great areas to pay attention to, but the single most important piece of the puzzle that I think is being overlooked is MOBILE.Here are some of the leading objections I hear from real estate agents, brokers and industry pros:•I use my phone for phone calls not to text chat•I only use text messaging to communicate with friends and family•I have a client that uses it all the time and I hate it.