They may simply be diversifying their portfolio and are not savvy re investors. 2.

., Valerie this is a ton of useful information and it does scare me trying to get into a market that is a 2 hr drive.I simply can’t jump in the car and check on thinks or manage as I could if I could find something in Asheville (35 minutes away).My goal in contacting a realtor was following Brandon’s 30 steps in assessing a market such as average selling price, REO prices, length of time on market and what areas are seeing the most growth etc...He was very helpful and informed me that 9100 homes have sold in the last 12 months in the area and was very specific about what areas are seeing the most growth.He also gave me a list of large companies moving to the area, but again 2 hr drive is going to be a huge challenge especially for a newbie.

Glenn Mueller believes these economic base categories are more useful to diversify investment portfolios than relying simply on location (diversifying investments by southeast, west, northeast etc...).

The bank is simply spelling out the terms they will do the short sale on, on the 30 days is typical, and should have been expected by everyone.  

I actually think it's ignorant to believe one is truly better than the other.It is inaccurate to simply compare purely numbers for ROI.  

However, my title company and lender lack attention to detail and failed to simply explain that....among many other things haha.

If a tenant of mine has been bad, I try to avoid 'trashing him/her' to a prospective landlord by simply pausing after being asked a question.  

It is simply a matter of what your criteria is for a successful  buy & hold deal.  

So when people walking around me were looking and one neighbor asked me what I was doing, I said simply "I'm an investor, do you know of any other properties for sale?"

Many investors will simply judge offers, be afraid to send in deposits or shy away from the contract writing process because they feel like the seller will not accept their offer.