Now that the holidays are over it will be interesting to see if the market will head towards a buyer's market or if Decembers trends will continue and push us further into a seller's market.

Welcome @Auria Styles , from just above you in the East Bay!

I was under the assumption that that practice was common, even amongst BP members.If you personally pay for every wholesale lead upfront, wouldn't that make it impossible to continue wholesaling properties on a consistent basis, say if you had 5-10 deals a month?

Rent continue rising 8.

He reiterated that if I could come up with the answer to how taxes work for non-owner occupied homes then we could continue on.I understand that taxes depend on a person's entire portfolio and if the seller has owned the property for many years then depreciation comes into play, but is there any general information people can share on taxes on non-owner occupied residences?

- How to motivate the developer to continuing improving NOI after the house rents?

This site will be a extremely helpful guide and mentor as you continue your journey into RE investing.

I am now a mid-level analyst who sits in front of a computer screen for 8+ hours a day and then goes home and continues.

I have roughly 5 years of formal work experience with different aspects of default real estate, although most of it is with paralegal style work, as I was at a default-based law firm and now am working at a bank in different servicing aspects of foreclosure (residential).Investing in default properties has always interested me, so I may begin there, but I'm here at BP to learn as much as possible to make my first deal a successful one.

In early 2014 my plans are to continue taking classes for a certificate in Geographic Information Systems and I am also considering acquiring my real estate license before spring.