I've been investing in RE for well over a year now, and have had 2 properties that I've been relatively succuessful, a SFD property bought as a REO , repaired cheaply and increased equity by 40% and a 6 unit apartment complex that is now cashflowing and has increased by about 400% in equity.We will be finalizing some credit account the comming week to secure enough money to start buying atleast one property per month to add to our portfolio.Our goal is to buy properties in decent neighborhood at no less than 35% ARV , rehab and then lease-option or other type of seller financing/RTO deal.

I have been increasing the number of units I have lately.

In practice, if maybe we could buy the property in the $540s, raise the rent throughout Febuary and March for 3 of the tenants, increasing gross profit by $600, and myself move into the 4th unit with a roomate paying roughly $500.

Depending on what is on someone's credit report the mortgage broker can also do a rapid rescore to increase the score in 48 hours.I do this for a living so I know increasing your score can be done very quickly.

I ask because I have been using the same post card mailing since day one and although it has been very effective I never tried another way, and perhaps I am missing something that can increase my business.Lafi Siyam

What i mean by that is that you should make sure that the keywords in the ad appear on the landing page and the actual content on the page is relevant to the ad.if you don't do this, Google will likely increase your pay per click and lower your position.

On short sales so far the signals are this will increase the interest from lenders in short sales.

Even in our hardest hit areas, investors are buying REOs as rentals so the number of sales is increasing.

Don't forget that if you leverage yourself on your property #1 and #2, that your debt service will increase accordingly and that a vacancy in either or both just might sink your ship.Personally, I would continue to locate deals, look for good financing and 'force' your rents at your current properties.

., average income is $100K and average home prices are $300K, I think its much worse than this in LA already), then 20 years of 3% inflation and 6% price increases gets you to wages of $180K and prices of $960K or 5.3 years income.