We're starting to experience a shortage of homes: Homes of comparable rate/etc... are (these are pending, not closed sales) - and all homes are now selling at/over asking price (these are within a mile of the house):List PriceBldg SqFt3990002014379900146736000022472850001616The home we're looking at is 1900sf.The cash is also ours, so no hard money fees (it's either in an R/E, or getting 2% at Wells Fargo).I'm beginning to understand our attraction to the seller - as he doesn't have to wait for seasoning and he can move on.

I have made some money in Real Estate and would like to fine tune my skills by starting on some cash flow properties.

This will be a good skill to have as an investor.

I need to sharpen my rental calculation skills if I am going to mess with multi's.

I hope to rely on my existing skills to prosper in this industry-thanks

You might try getting a second job and a hardware store or something that will give you some sort of industry skills.

Read in the rental property forum to learn about true expenses and what makes a good deal.Given you background in construction, you should have the skills and contacts to do rehab work.

Yes I was, but according to my bosses (and my peers) I wasn't a very good one...Luckily, it turns out that my negotiating and business strategy skills were worth a lot of money to those same companies...so I was quickly able to give up my lame attempts at being a computer programmer...

The Fair Housing employees are skilled at identifying such behaviors.

Where many RE agents fail to perform, investors bring a unique skill set to negotiate with lenders and to help protect the sellers.