They have dried up considerably just like everything else and their standards have increased on real estate deals since the bank regulators have tighten up so much.

Buy a couple of dehumidifiers to dry things out.

I'm not opposed to splitting hairs over words but I believe my time could be more productive in other areas. 

Perhaps you were attempting a WHOLESALE deal, but regardless, dry run your first purchase with RE agent representation to learn the ropes. 

If you don't have a professional property manager hired, you can probably expect to pay about 10% of your gross rents for vacancy while looking for a new tenant or might need to make repairs from the last tenant)10% of gross rents for water, sewer, trash, and snow removal (even if you're not running on city water, you still should be budgeting money accordingly for water because at some point, the pump in your drilled well is going to give out and you'll be left high and dry unless you have the money to fix it. 

I am more the tortoise than the hair.  

Buyers dry upYOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR BUYERS DATABASE!!!!

The market really dried up but appears to be improving to higher inventory release levels.

Unfortunately with this new mortgage crisis, we can get the construction financing all day long, but the end loan financing has dried up.

It's the dry cleaners and manufacturers that tend to kill you.Plus if it is all contained in the soil and isn't in the groundwater that can be a big opportunity to get a property for a good price.