Knowledge of the real estate market as to property type and location 2.

The demographic trends are proving extremely strong. 

When the housing market crashed in 2008 I defaulted on numerous subject-to deals.

I would like to focus on SFR/MFR in markets with appreciation potential.

And you can get really lucky with market cycles and while you maybe let a couple million go from your profit there's still a lot of upside and developers could still make millions and call the project a win. 

I know the market pretty well and do most all repairs myself.

off market single family with good zoning How did you finance this deal?

The Philly market is pretty good for these kinds of renovations. 

off market. self-representedd How did you finance this deal?

However, market manipulation has presented a couple of opportunities to me since 2009, so I've ended up with more than I expected.